Sony Wants TSMC's Help To Make Image Sensors

Steve Dent for Engadget

Sony is good at many things, but its strength in manufacturing has always kept the money rolling in when other ventures weren't so healthy. Now, the company is teaming up with chip giant TSMC on a new joint venture in Japan to build the next generation of image sensors. The news suggests Sony will lead the project, based at Sony's newly-built facility in Koshi City, but leveraging TSMC's "strengths in process technology and manufacturing excellence." Both companies also have one hand out in front of the Japanese government in the hope of some further financial incentives. The move is part of CEO Hiroki Totoki's plan to sever the company from its physical assets to focus more on IP. That strategy has already seen the company pull out of TV manufacturing, handing control of its Bravia division to TCL. That said, with the advent of...

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