Sony Hastens Shift to Image Sensors With $892 Million Investment
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Sony Corp. will invest 105 billion yen ($892 million) to accelerate the shift at its semiconductor operations to image sensors for smartphone and tablet cameras.
The money will be used to expand the monthly output capacity of image sensors 33 percent to 80,000 wafers by the end of June 2016, the Tokyo-based company said in an e-mailed statement today. Sony had previously planned an increase to 75,000 wafers a month, it said.