Demand for vehicles and Internet of Things increases Sony's production increase response

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Nikkei Industry News reported on the 21st that Sony plans to expand the monthly capacity of CMOS image sensors for smartphones and digital cameras to 100,000 (based on 12-inch wafers) by the end of March 2018. Will increase by 14% compared with the current one. Sony currently has a monthly capacity of approximately 88,000. Let's take a look at the related content with the car electronics editor.

The report pointed out that Sony's decision to increase production was due to the evolution of high-performance smartphones with front-end cameras and the increased demand for automotive and Internet of Things (IoT).

According to the financial report released by Sony, Sony image sensor sales in 2016 (April 2016 to March 2017) increased 15% year-on-year to 548.6 billion yen, 2017 (April 2017 to March 2018) ) Sales are forecast to increase 24% year-on-year to 680 billion yen.

The investment in Sony's image sensor equipment in 2017 will reach 110 billion yen, which will increase by 144% from the 45 billion yen in 2016.

Sony CMOS sensor competitors include OmniVision, Samsung, Sharp, Aptina Imaging, and STMicroelectronics NV.

PhoneArena and Yonhap News reported that Samsung released the exclusive brand "ISOCELL" for image sensors at the World Mobile Communications Conference (MWC) in Shanghai, China on June 28. Samsung developed ISOCELL technology in 2013. Since the Galaxy S5, Samsung's flagship machines use image sensors with ISOCELL technology. Today, Samsung has set up a separate brand for CMOS image sensors, indicating that it intends to actively develop and strive for more market share. At present, the image sensor market is crowned with Sony's “Exmor” and Samsung ranks second.

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