On Wednesday, Sony Group Corp’s SONY semiconductor division introduced it achieved a big milestone by delivery over 20 billion picture sensors.
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing achieved the feat in simply 5 years after reaching 10 billion items in Might 2019.
In an interview with Nikkei, President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi highlighted Sony’s ambition to guide developments within the picture sensor sector.
In keeping with Yamaguchi, Sony exhibits no indicators of slowing its progress. A brand new manufacturing facility is beneath building in Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, a rising hub for the chip trade.
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing initially entered the market with CCD (charge-coupled gadget) picture sensors within the Eighties earlier than transitioning to CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) expertise.
A Verge report indicated Apple Inc’s AAPL transition to utilizing Samsung Electronics SSNLF digicam sensors for its iPhones as early as 2026, doubtlessly ending Sony’s over-decade-long function because the unique provider of iPhone digicam sensors.
Provide chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo mentioned upcoming iPhones may characteristic Samsung’s “1/2.6-inch 48MP ultra-wide CMOS picture sensors.” Nonetheless, whether or not Samsung will change Sony with different digicam parts stays to be seen.
In November, Sony reported fiscal second-quarter 2024 gross sales progress of three% to $19.44 billion (2.91 trillion Japanese yen), lacking the consensus estimate of $19.62 billion. EPS of $0.37 (55.74 yen) beat the consensus estimate of $0.27.
Imaging & Sensing Options income grew by 32% to 535.6 billion yen, and working earnings climbed by 99% to 92.4 billion yen, backed by larger gross sales of picture sensors for cell merchandise.
Sony Group inventory surged 26% year-to-date.
Value Motion: SONY inventory is down 0.83% at $21.55 premarket finally test Wednesday.
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