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Sony to ante $1.2 billion, double down on image sensors
As consumer demand for cameras continues to rise, Sony plans
to invest $1.2 billion next year to double its production of the
image sensors used in smartphones and digital cameras.
The Japanese electronics giant announced today that part of the
investment would go toward buying back a semiconductor
production line from Toshiba, a deal estimated to cost around
$600 million, according to an industry source cited by Reuters.
The company is also planning to convert part of a plant in
Nagasaki to make CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensors and will purchase wafer processing
equipment for CMOS image sensors, Reuters said.
Sony is aiming to bump up its image sensor production to
50,000 wafers per month by March 2012, double from the
current 25,000, said the Wall Street Journal (subscription
required). The company has been seeing heavy demand from
smartphone and digital camera makers for its Exmor and Exmor R sensors, which do well in low light conditions,
according to the Journal.
To help raise the cash, Sony will tap into a subsidy from the
Japanese government earmarked for environmentally friendly
businesses.
to invest $1.2 billion next year to double its production of the
image sensors used in smartphones and digital cameras.
Sony's Exmor CMOS sensor.
(Credit: Sony) The Japanese electronics giant announced today that part of the
investment would go toward buying back a semiconductor
production line from Toshiba, a deal estimated to cost around
$600 million, according to an industry source cited by Reuters.
The company is also planning to convert part of a plant in
Nagasaki to make CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensors and will purchase wafer processing
equipment for CMOS image sensors, Reuters said.
Sony is aiming to bump up its image sensor production to
50,000 wafers per month by March 2012, double from the
current 25,000, said the Wall Street Journal (subscription
required). The company has been seeing heavy demand from
smartphone and digital camera makers for its Exmor and Exmor R sensors, which do well in low light conditions,
according to the Journal.
To help raise the cash, Sony will tap into a subsidy from the
Japanese government earmarked for environmentally friendly
businesses.
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