IC Insights: Sony is the only top-15 semiconductor supplier to register YoY growth in 1H19. In total, the top-15 semiconductor companies’ sales dropped by 18% in 1H19 compared to 1H18, 4% worse than the total worldwide semiconductor industry 1H19/1H18 decline of 14%. Most of Sony semiconductor sales are from CMOS image sensors.
Sony knows how to make quality image sensors. Yes they struggle with new technologies and new nodes but they have a great engineering team from design verification to process control. Hard to say that about other image sensor makers.
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