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Sony to Spend 45 Billion Yen to Boost Sensor Capacity
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Sony Corp. plans to boost capacity for chips used in camera sensors, its second such increase announced this year, as it gears up to meet demand for the chips used in devices including Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
The company will spend 45 billion yen ($375 million) to expand its Nagasaki and Yamagata TEC facilities in Japan, it said Tuesday in a statement. The investment is in addition to 105 billion yen in planned spending to make more so-called CMOS sensors Sony announced in February.