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DIS' gaming business tops $4 billion in annual consumer spending, but can its licensing model turn gaming into a major growth engine?
The companies are combining Sony's sensor designs with TSMC manufacturing to build next-generation smartphone components in Japan.

TSMC and Sony are set to form a JV in Japan to develop and manufacture smartphone image sensors, with volume production set for 2029.
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Sony will control the business and invest about $2.92 billion.
Sony Group has agreed to form a joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to produce next-generation image sensors for smartphones.
TSMC (NYSE:TSM) and Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) are joining forces on a $4. 69 billion semiconductor venture in Japan focused on developing and manufacturing next-generation image sensors, with mass production targeted for 2029.
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC said on Tuesday it will invest 282 billion yen ($1.77 billion) in a joint venture with Sony Group to develop and make next-generation image sensors. ($1 = 159.3300 yen) (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Sony and TSMC are back in Kumamoto, this time as partners rather than neighbors, discussing a $6.4 billion image sensor plant on the same ground where Japan already spent billions rebuilding its chip industry. Five years ago, Tokyo lured TSMC to the prefecture with unprecedented state subsidies. ...
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On August 10, Reuters reported that Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) plan to spend around $6.3 billion on a joint venture to build next-generation microchips for image sensors. It pairs Sony’s sensor design expertise with TSMC’s manufacturing scale, and it lands while both companies already show momentum in their core businesses. The […]
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The companies reportedly plan to build next-generation image sensors for smartphones, cars and physical AI.
The manufacturing project will be carried out through a joint venture, with Sony holding about 60% and TSMC 40%.
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The joint venture would build next-generation sensors for phones, cars, and robotics from 2029
Sony and TSMC Eye $6.3B Image Sensor Factory in Japan
The joint venture, which targets production by 2029, will develop next-generation sensors for robots and self-driving cars
Sony Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) are planning to invest around $6.3 billion (€5.4bn) in a joint venture to produce advanced image sensors in Japan, according to Nikkei.View on euronews
Sony Group and Taiwan's TSMC plan to spend around 1 trillion yen ($6.32 billion) to jointly make next-generation microchips used in image sensors, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday. A joint venture owned about 60% by Sony and 40% by TSMC will start commercial production as early as 2029 in southern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture, the paper said. The two tech giants said in May they planned to form a joint venture in Japan to develop and manufacture next-generation image sensors, combining Sony's sensor design expertise with TSMC's manufacturing and process technology strengths.
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Sony's 10.9% weekly rally has support from faster profit growth and higher forecasts, but valuation, currency and execution risks could test the next leg.
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The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 29.8% in Sony (SONY). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.
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