Sony's factories are running non-stop due to high demand for image sensors

guest · Dec 27, 2019

Sony's factories are running non-stop due to high demand for image sensors
Multi-lens phones are good for its chip business
December 26, 2019
https://www.techspot.com/news/83319-sony-factories-running-non-stop-due-high-demand.html

What just happened? Sony’s smartphones might have been falling further behind the competition in recent years, but demand for its image sensors is so high that its chip factories have been running non-stop through the holiday season.

As reported by Bloomberg, this is the second year that Sony has had to run its factories around the clock throughout the holidays to try and keep up with component demand. “We are having to apologize to customers because we just can’t make enough,” said Terushi Shimizu, head of Sony’s semiconductor business unit.

“Judging by the way things are going, even after all that investment in expanding capacity, it might still not be enough,” Shimizu said.
Sony earlier this year revealed that it controls 51 percent of the image sensor market. It’s aiming to push that share to 60 percent by fiscal 2025. Sony also expects demand for Time of Flight (ToF) sensors to start increasing next year, especially as the 2020 iPhones are predicted to feature ToF sensors.

"This was the year zero for time of flight," said Shimizu. "Once you start seeing interesting applications of this technology, it will motivate people to buy new phones."
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Rasheed187 · Dec 29, 2019

So you might as well buy a Sony smartphone. They even look way better than those stupid iPhones and Samsung crap. But it's a matter of taste of course.

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