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Sony and TSMC back $4.7 billion CMOS image sensor plant in Japan
The project targets commercial volume production in 2029, with Sony funding about $2.9 billion and TSMC contributing about $1.8 billion as a minority equity investor.
Sony and TSMC have agreed to fund a new CMOS image sensor manufacturing effort in Kumamoto, Japan, creating Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation through a binding deal signed Aug. 11, 2026, according to MarketBeat Ratings.
The venture combines silicon manufacturing and imaging hardware for next generation smartphone CMOS image sensors, with Sony as the sole controlling shareholder that will consolidate the new company as a subsidiary.
Total capital for the plant is about 747 billion yen, or roughly $4.7 billion, with Sony contributing ¥465 billion (about $2.9 billion) via cash and an asset transfer from its newly built Koshi facility through a corporate split, and TSMC contributing ¥282 billion (about $1.8 billion) in direct cash as a strategic minority equity holder.
Commercial volume production is targeted to begin in 2029, and the plan also calls on Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry co funding, which has historically provided up to 40% capital support for technology projects in Kumamoto, MarketBeat Ratings reports.