TSMC ve Sony, görüntü sensörleri için ortak girişime 4,7 milyar $ yatırım yapacak

TSMC, Sony to invest $4.7 billion in joint venture for image sensors

Tue, August 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM GMT+3 1 min read

• TSM -0.37%
• SONY +1.53%

TAIPEI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC and Sony Group said on ‌Tuesday they will form a $4.69 ‌billion joint venture to develop and make next-generation ​image sensors in southern Japan, with volume production expected to start in 2029.

Sony will be the controlling shareholder and invest ‌465 billion ⁠yen ($2.92 billion), while TSMC will invest 282 billion yen, the companies ⁠said in a joint statement.

The venture, Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, will ​be based ​in Kumamoto, where ​TSMC operates its ‌Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM) chip plant.

The joint venture will serve as a core hub for the development and production of image sensors for smartphones, using advanced ‌manufacturing technology, the companies ​said.

In addition to ​the investments by ​Sony and TSMC, the ‌companies said funding needed to ​achieve the ​planned production capacity is being considered on the assumption that Japanese ​government support ‌will be available.

($1 = 159.3300 yen)

(Reporting by ​Ben Blanchard Editing by Andrew Heavens ​and Mark Potter)