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|  |  | Years Ended December 31, |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Application | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|  | % | % | % |
| Communication | 48.6 | 45.2 | 52.2 |
| Consumer | 29.4 | 28.6 | 26.4 |
| Computer | 13.1 | 16.3 | 13.6 |
| Others | 8.9 | 9.9 | 7.8 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
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History and Development of the Company
Our legal and commercial name is United Microelectronics Corporation, commonly known as “UMC”. We were incorporated under the R.O.C. Company Law as a company limited by shares in May 1980 and our common shares were listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1985. Our principal executive office is located at No. 3 Li-Hsin Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China, and our telephone number is 886-3-578-2258.
Our Internet website address is www.umc.com. The information on our website does not form part of this annual report. Our ADSs have been listed on the NYSE under the symbol “UMC” since September 19, 2000. In 2019, we were ranked among the top 5% of companies for a fifth consecutive year in the Corporate Governance Evaluation conducted by the Taiwan Stock Exchange and Taipei Exchange. The assessment was conducted across over 1,400 public companies in Taiwan.
We are one of the world’s largest independent semiconductor foundries and a leader in semiconductor manufacturing process technologies. Our primary business is the manufacture, or “fabrication”, of semiconductors, sometimes called “chips” or “integrated circuits”, for others. Using our own proprietary processes and techniques, we make chips to the design specifications of our many customers. Our company maintains a diversified customer base across industries, including communication devices, consumer electronics, computer, and others, while continuing to focus on manufacturing for high growth, large volume applications, including networking, telecommunications, internet, multimedia, PCs and graphics.
We sell and market mainly wafers which in turn are used in a number of different applications by our customers. The following table presented the percentages of our wafer sales by application for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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What does the primary business of the company include?