Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Samsung's US fab for iPhone CIS

TheElec reported in August 2025 that Samsung plans to use its Austin, Texas fab to make sensors for future iPhones:

Samsung to form smartphone image sensor line in Austin for Apple

3-layer stacked CMOS image sensor to power iPhone 18 in 2026

The plan ... seems to be a response to tariffs on South Korea-made semiconductors that the Trump Administration plans to impose.

If all goes to plan, it will mark the first time that Samsung is manufacturing CIS in the US.

The CIS is made with wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding ... requires precise process control and only Sony and Samsung have commercialized it.

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