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Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group
"9"fellow companies
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group has business bases globally.
We will work together with our fellows around the world to open up an exciting future.
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Kanagawa, Tokyo
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Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Yamagata, Oita, Kagoshima, Miyagi
Kumamoto
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Belgium
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Israel
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Spain
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Switzerland
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Thailand
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China
Sony Semiconductor Solutions
It is the core company of the group responsible for head office functions, research and development of semiconductor-related products, product planning, design, and sales. They developed the transistor for the first time in Japan, and have continued to produce creative products since the foundation of Sony's semiconductor business, such as the commercialization of the world's first CCD image sensor and the world's first stacked CMOS image sensor.
Kumamoto Technology Center
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing
It is a company responsible for process development and production of semiconductor products. As a semiconductor manufacturing business base, they are actively working on the operation of business bases with high efficiency, high quality, and low environmental load at each base, aiming for the industry's top level manufacturing performance.
Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV
They are responsible for the development of Time of Flight(ToF) image sensors.
Sony Semiconductor Israel Ltd.
They are responsible for the development of LTE chipsets for IoT and AI solutions.
Midokura Ibérica, SL
They are responsible for developing and selling software for cloud computing.
Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
They are responsible for the development of event-based vision sensors.
Sony Device Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
They are responsible for the production (assembly process) of image sensors.
Sony Precision Devices (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
They are responsible for the production of optical pickups.
Sony Semiconductor Energy Management
They are responsible for the facility management service business.
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Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group
Three"1"
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In the image sensor market
Number"1"Company!!
Image sensors of Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group are used in various fields around the world such as smartphones, digital cameras, automobiles, and security cameras. Currently, the world's share (money amount) in imaging applications is 51%*1, which is the world's No. 1*1. We plan to increase this to 60% by 2025. Furthermore, we are working to develop more attractive products with the aim to become the world's No. 1 in sensing applications, which are beginning to be used in various fields.
Currently, the image sensor market is expanding. Especially in the mobile field such as smartphones, which is the driving force, growth is expected in the future due to the "multiple lens" that mounts multiple cameras on one unit and the "large format" that increases the size of the installed image sensor. In addition, the mobile sensing market will expand in the medium to long term. It is said that the market for the entire AV domain will shrink, but high value-added markets such as full-size interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras are expected to grow. Furthermore, with the advances in AI and IoT, the market also continues to grow steadily in new areas such as mobility applications, factory automation, and security. Although the smartphone market itself matures, the image sensors will continue to increase their importance in society and industry.
We will keep growing as a leading company of image sensors, with the background of overwhelming technological capabilities throughout development, design and production.
*1) Sony research
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From research and development to manufacturing and sales
"1"stop in the group!!
One of our strengths is that we can complete from research and development to manufacturing and sales in the group, centered on Sony Semiconductor Solutions, which is responsible for head office functions, R & D, product planning and design, and Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing, which is responsible for process development and production. The one-stop system that unites the group creates benefits such as rapid and flexible product development, manufacturing and quality improvement, and efficiency and stabilization of mass production.
Example) Image sensor (hardware) development process
- R&D, product planning, design
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- ToF image sensors development
Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV - Event-driven sensor development
Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG
- Mass production development, manufacturing
- Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
- Assembly process of image sensor, etc.
Sony Device Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
In addition, companies with various technologies such as Sony Depthsensing Solutions in Belgium, which develops ToF image sensors, and Sony Semiconductor Israel in Israel, which is responsible for development for LTE communication modem chips and AI solutions, are gathered in the group. By combining the technologies and knowledge of the entire group, we have created a lot of cutting-edge products and created new value for society.
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In Sony Group
Number"1"investment towardthe future!?
Investing in the research and development and equipment development is an investment in the future of the company. Sony Group has driven its growth by investing boldly in many promising areas. The total capital investment of Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group for the three years from 2018 is about 580 billion yen, showing the high expectations in Sony Group today. We will continue to increase our competitiveness by actively investing in people, technology and equipment.
More! Understanding by numbers Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group
What kind of company is Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group? Here, to inform our activities in an easy-to-understand manner, we collected numbers related to the group's business.
Business years
69years
Total number of employees
25thousand people
Consolidated sales
1.7trillion yen
Number of intellectual property rights held
3,048patents
24utility model rights
33design rights
Business base
33bases in
13countries
National Invention Award
The CMOS image sensor related was awarded
Received the Okochi Award
The CMOS image sensor related was awarded
US Walter Kosonocky Award: Received
image sensors
Cumulative number of products shipped
Manufacturing Japan Grand Award
CMOS image sensor related received
We received many other awards!
MoreReceived "Semiconductor of the Year" sponsored by Electronic Device Industry News
*)As LSI of the Year of the former semiconductor newspaper The back-illuminated CMOS image sensor for mobile phones with effective 16.41 million pixels received the Grand Prix in the semiconductor device category (2011). The stacked CMOS image sensor received the Grand Prix in the semiconductor device category (2015). The CMOS image sensor for smartphones with a three-layer structure stacked with DRAM received the Excellence Award in the semiconductor device category (2017). The 5 μm pixel SWIR image sensor capable of capturing images from visible light to invisible light band received the Excellence Award in the semiconductor device category (2021).
MEMS for microphones
Cumulative number of products shipped
semiconductor lasers
Cumulative number of products shipped
optical pickups
Cumulative number of products shipped
high-frequency switches and power amplifiers
Cumulative number of products shipped
Corporate women's handball team "BLUE SAKUYA of Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Win rate
- 188
- Total number of wins
- 8897
- Total number of players in history
- 15
We received many other awards!
- 2009 2009 "Super" Manufacturing Parts Award, Electrical and Electronic Parts Award Back-illuminated CMOS image sensor
- 2010 58th Electrical Science and Technology Encouragement Award High resolution back-illuminated CMOS Image Sensor
- 2013 US, 64th Emmy Awards, Technology & Engineering Emmy Award Improvements to Large Format CMOS Imagers for Use in High Definition Broadcast Video Cameras
- 2013 2012 Nikkei Excellent Product and Service Award / Best Nikkei Business Daily Award Back-illuminated CMOS image sensor
- 2014 "21st Century Invention Encouragement Award / Invention Award" of the 2014 National Invention Award Fire-resistant recycled plastic SORPLAS
- 2014 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for Electrical Safety Merit Award Sony Semiconductor Kumamoto Technology Center
- 2015 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Science and Technology (development category) Development of basic structure and manufacturing method of Blu-ray disc
- 2016 Yellow Ribbon Medal Shohachi Abe, Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Oita Tech
- 2017 Yellow Ribbon Medal Hiroaki Sato, Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Oita Tech
- 2018 2018 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Science and Technology Development of stacked multi-function CMOS image sensor structure
- 2018 6th Green Social Contribution Award Kunisaki Satellite, Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Oita Tech
- 2020 Purple Ribbon Medal Taku Umebayashi, Sony Semiconductor Solutions
- 2022 2021 Nikkei Excellent Product and Service Award / Best Award Intelligent vision sensor with AI processing function
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