TSMC fab in Japan at center of Sony's image sensor kingdom

Supply chain with locally produced chips key to boosting output

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Sony plans to create a network of image sensor plants that procure logic chips from a planned TSMC plant in Kyushu. (Photo courtesy of Sony Group)

KEIICHI FURUKAWA, KOSUKE KONDO and RYOSUKE EGUCHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/KUMAMOTO, Japan  -- Sony Group will seize the opportunity created by a planned Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. foundry in Japan by setting up an image sensory plant nearby.

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