Sony-TSMC Bet Billions on Next-Gen Smartphone Image Sensors
TL;DR
Sony and TSMC are forming a $6.3 billion joint venture to mass-produce next-generation CMOS image sensors in southwestern Japan by 2029, with Sony owning 60% and TSMC 40%. The collaboration aims to supply high-performance sensors for Apple’s iPhone and to strengthen Sony’s leadership in image-sensor tech, including LOFIC developments, following prior announcements of the venture.
- Sony and TSMC Are Spending Billions to Make Next-Gen Image Sensors PetaPixel
- TSMC, Sony to invest $4.7 billion in joint venture for image sensors Yahoo Finance
- Sony Group, TSMC to Form $4.7 Billion Image-Sensor Joint Venture WSJ
- Sony, TSMC to spend $6.3 billion to jointly make image sensors, Nikkei says Reuters
- TSMC takes rare step of teaming with Sony as Samsung, China rivals loom Nikkei Asia
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