Sony reaches 20 billion image sensors sold, doubles shipments in five years | Infinium-tech
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing, a maker of image sensors for smartphone cameras, has announced that it has reached the 20 billionth shipped image sensor since it began making transistors in the 1980s.
President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi told Nikkei Asia that mobile devices were the main reason for the huge number, which will double from 10 billion to 20 billion in just five years between 2019 and 2024.
The accelerated rate of shipments was also due to the increasing number of cameras in smartphones. We started seeing dual-camera smartphones in 2016 and 2017, and today, four-camera devices are common across the price spectrum.
The executive revealed that the semiconductor division operates three plants located in Kumamoto, Nagasaki and Oita. While the Nagasaki and Oita plants are focused on developing ISPs for mobile devices, the entire business is also keen to supply sensors for in-vehicle devices, smart factories, smart ICT cameras, laser devices and data centres.
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