United Microelectronics Corporation , a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that its Fab 12A has obtained ISO 15408-EAL6 certification issued by the German Government's Federal Office for IT Security , making UMC the first foundry in Taiwan to provide IC manufacturing services that comply with the ISO 15408 Common Criteria. UMC's achievement of this significant milestone allows its customers applying for certification of their security products to save costly time and resources originally needed to satisfy the application requirements for the wafer manufacturing phase.