Sony: Constrive to build a chip factory in Japan

Since the middle of last year, numerous industries have been struggling with a lack of computer chips that are crucial for their products. All this is due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which brought any chip factories in China, Taiwan and other countries in the meantime for months.

a billion-heavy investment for Sony, TSMC and the Japanese government

Now the economists of Reuters have reported on the basis of a Nikkei article that Sony in cooperation with the Taiwanese company TSMC considered to build a Chipact in Japan. TSMC is the largest chip manufacturer in the world and is apparently worried about the concentration of chip production in Taiwan in the shadow of China.

The Japanese government should also pay part of the investment. Finally, the construction of the factory would cost around 800 billion yen (~ 6,129 billion euros). Furthermore, it is reported that the factory should produce semiconductors for automobiles, camera image sensors and other products affected by the global deficiency. The factory could be put into operation according to Nikkei 2024.

Of course, video game consoles are also affected by the chip deficiency, which is why both Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have difficulty delivering their products and to meet any demand. Among other things, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that they would have to expect bottlenecks at least until the coming year. The Toshiba officers even further went further and emphasized that the chip quantity will remain very scarce until September 2022 and the problems could continue until 2023.

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Jim Ryan, the President and Managing Director of Sony Interactive Entertainment, finally said that it will take some time until the demand for the PlayStation 5 will be satisfied. The chip deficiency is a challenge that all would have to deal with. Accordingly, players who really want to have a new console must continue to prove patience. Since one can only hope that the factories will return to the old production strength in the future.

Source: Eurogamer

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