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CMOS image sensors, Sony
Kumamoto, Japan32.79°N 130.74°E
computed criticality17/100
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Sony ~50% of smartphone CMOS image sensors (~42% of total CIS market)
2024Fault line
The eye of almost every smartphone and camera is a CMOS sensor, about half of which Sony makes at Japanese sites. A quiet near-monopoly on a now-universal component.
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Sony Semiconductor
Samsung LSI
OmniVision
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