About Sony Semiconductor Solutions
Sony Semiconductor Solutions is the chip arm of Sony Group, best known for CMOS image sensors, the light-sensing chips inside cameras, phones and cars. It also makes other sensors and large-scale integration chips. As a business unit of a consumer electronics group, it is a sensor specialist rather than a general processor vendor. It is based in Atsugi, Kanagawa. Sony's semiconductor business began in 1954, and the current Semiconductor Solutions group structure dates to 2015, according to Sony's own history.
Sony Semiconductor Solutions was founded in 2016 and is based in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. It is listed under Custom Silicon, ASICs. Its shares trade as SONY on NYSE.
Compute Technologies
- Image Sensors
- CMOS Sensors
What Sony Semiconductor Solutions works on
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
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