TAIPEI, China, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TAIEX: 2303), a leading independent semiconductor foundry, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full year 2008 results on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. US Eastern Time.

This call is being webcast by Thomson Reuters and can be accessed at UMC's Web site at www.umc.com .

The dial-in details for the live conference call: U.S. Toll Free Number +1866.519.4004, U.K. Toll Free Number +0808.234.6646, Singapore and Other Areas +65.6735.7955; Passcode UMC.

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson Reuters StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson Reuters' individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson Reuters' password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).


    Additional information about UMC is available on the web at www.umc.com .

    Contacts: Bowen Huang / Tien Yu Tseng
              UMC, Investor Relations
              Tel.  + 886-2-2700-6999, ext. 6957
              Email: bowen_huang@umc.com
                     tien_yu_tseng@umc.com

SOURCE United Microelectronics Corporation