Apple’s Mysterious Chip Tech Will Help Samsung Make Iphone Image Sensors In Texas

Sony is presently Apple’s sole image sensor supplier.

Apple is teaming up pinch Samsung to nutrient integer image sensors for early iPhone models, according to The Financial Times. This is tied to Apple’s Wednesday announcement that it is moving pinch Samsung’s semiconductor installation successful Austin, Texas, to motorboat “an innovative caller exertion for making chips, which has ne'er been utilized earlier anyplace successful nan world.”

The Financial Times reports that Samsung will usage nan precocious spot exertion to nutrient three-layer stacked image sensors for adjacent year’s iPhone 18 lineup, citing anonymous sources “familiar pinch nan deal.” Sony is presently Apple’s sole supplier of image sensors, which are produced successful Japan nether statement pinch TSMC. Unlike Samsung, Sony doesn’t person a US-based chipmaking installation that would alteration it to evade nan incoming tariffs connected chips produced extracurricular of nan US.

“We stay assured that we are precocious successful providing sensor exertion to our customers, and we will attraction connected continuing further technological advancement done larger sensor size and density,” Sony said successful a connection to The Financial Times.

The Samsung business is connected to a $100 cardinal description to Apple’s American Manufacturing Program, which will now spot nan institution put $600 cardinal to bring much of its proviso concatenation to nan US. “By bringing this exertion to nan US first, this installation will proviso chips that optimize powerfulness and capacity of Apple products, including iPhone devices shipped each complete nan world,” Apple said successful its property release.