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UMC's fabs ran at 92% utilization in Q3 2026; SMIC's fabs ran at 93.7% utilization in Q2 2026

Q1 2024 – Q3 2026

% of capacity, as reportedUMCSMIC0%25%50%75%100%Q1 ’24Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25Q1 ’26Q3 ’26UMC, Q1 ’24: 65% (Reported)UMC, Q2 ’24: 68% (Reported)UMC, Q3 ’24: 71% (Reported)UMC, Q4 ’24: 70% (Reported)UMC, Q1 ’25: 69% (Reported)UMC, Q2 ’25: 76% (Reported)UMC, Q3 ’25: 78% (Reported)UMC, Q4 ’25: 78% (Reported)UMC, Q1 ’26: 79% (Reported)UMC, Q2 ’26: 85% (Reported)UMC, Q3 ’26: 92% (Reported)SMIC, Q1 ’24: 80.8% (Reported)SMIC, Q2 ’24: 85.2% (Reported)SMIC, Q3 ’24: 90.4% (Reported)SMIC, Q4 ’24: 85.5% (Reported)SMIC, Q1 ’25: 89.6% (Reported)SMIC, Q2 ’25: 92.5% (Reported)SMIC, Q3 ’25: 95.8% (Reported)SMIC, Q4 ’25: 95.7% (Reported)SMIC, Q1 ’26: 93.1% (Reported)SMIC, Q2 ’26: 93.7% (Reported)93.7%92.0%Source: UMC quarterly results releases; SMIC results announcements (HKEX filings, smics.com)Silicon Analyticasiliconanalytica.com/data/charts/foundry-capacity-utilization
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UMC reported 92% utilization in Q3 2026, against 78% a year earlier.

SMIC reported 93.7% utilization in Q2 2026, against 92.5% a year earlier.

Each company measures utilization against its own installed capacity (UMC in 12-inch-equivalent wafers, SMIC in 8-inch equivalents), so levels are not strictly comparable.

SMIC's Q3 2026 results had not been published when this chart was last updated.

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