Samsung will reportedly start producing a three-layer stacked picture sensor for Apple’s iPhone 18 in Texas. The cope with Apple will assist the South Korean firm keep away from President Trump’s strict tariffs coverage and reduce out Sony as the only picture sensor maker for iPhones, in response to Monetary Occasions,
The three-layer stacked picture sensors allow quick taking pictures speeds and high-frame-rate 8K video in smartphones. On Wednesday, Apple stated it was “working with Samsung at its fab [semiconductor fabrication facility] in Austin, Texas, to launch an progressive new expertise for making chips, which has by no means been used earlier than anyplace on the planet.” The assertion was a part of Apple’s general announcement that it was launching the American Manufacturing Program, a part of a $600 billion funding to extend its provide chain and manufacturing within the US.
Thursday’s report by Monetary Occasions provides extra readability to what Apple’s “progressive new expertise” will imply for the iPhone 18. The transfer by Apple will permit it to keep away from penalties by President Trump, who on Wednesday introduced 100% % tariffs on pc chips however added, “for those who’re constructing in the US of America, there is not any cost.”
Samsung is investing billions to extend manufacturing within the US, whereas Sony is producing iPhone picture sensors in Kumamoto, Japan beneath a contract with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm.
Final month, CNET reported that Samsung Show Firm — a separate entity from Samsung — can be producing the screens for the primary iPhone foldable, reportedly to be launched subsequent summer season.
