Sony may be considering building a chip factory in Japan. This information comes from the medium Reuters, which, following a publication in another medium called Nikkei, ensures that Sony could be collaborating with TSMC, the Taiwanese company that is considered the largest chip manufacturer in the world, to reach an agreement and thus be able to build such a factory.
The Japanese government would take over part of the investment
Furthermore, we also know that the Japanese government would take over part of the investment, specifically about some 800 billion yen, which would be about six billion euros. With the construction of this factory, which would be operational from 2024, they would build Car semiconductors, camera sensors and other products hit by global chip shortages. Apparently, one of the main reasons for its construction is the concern they share TSMC and Sony by concentration of manufacturing capacity of these materials.
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Jim Ryan said it would take some time to meet the demand for PS5
Finally, and returning to PlayStation and Sony, in July, the same Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony, assured Reuters that it would take some time for the company to meet the demand for PlayStation 5. He also added that the shortage of chips was posing a challenge for the company.