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UMC, Taiwan’s No. 2 contract chipmaker, is exploring new technologies to enable AI computing. (UMC)
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s second-largest contract chipmaker, United Microelectronics Corp., has forged a manufacturing partnership to accelerate mass production of a new type of optical material and chips aimed at boosting transmission speeds inside AI computing clusters and data centers, a senior company executive told Nikkei Asia.