Sony Dominating Sensors, the Most Innovative Chips in iPhone 8
- Company dominates image sensor market with 49 percent
- Sony’s target for earthquake recovery narrowed to 2 months
Sonty Corp.'s Exmoor camera sensors are displayed at the Combined Exhibiton of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC), which opened in Makuhari, just east of Tokyo on 02 October 2007.
Photographer: ROBERT GILHOOLY/BloombergThe earthquakes that jolted Japan’s southwest island of Kyushu a year ago killed dozens, left tens of thousands homeless and were a reminder of how much the global supply chain for smartphones and digital cameras depends on Sony Corp.
The tremors knocked out production at plants that produce image sensors, the chips that convert light particles into bits and make digital pictures and videos possible. To lead its recovery, the company turned to 33-year veteran engineer Hiromi Suzuki, who crisscrossed the country to secure parts needed to get its Kumamoto factory back online.