Many Playstation fans are still waiting for the PS5. The current hardware crisis ensures that important components are just in short supply. Sony now wants to do something about it and apparently plans to raise his own factory.
Sony plans own factory
For the production of the most recent Sony console, the Group requires certain microprocessor chips. Due to trade restrictions between the US and China and the Coronapandemie, a supplier of the game consoles developed, which could still follow a while. In order to work against it, Sony is probably planning the production of its own chips.
According to the news agency Reuters Sony and TSMC are considering the construction of a work in Kumamoto, Japan. There the products are to be made in which a catch-up requirement is. An official opinion of both parties is still missing, but reportedly, the Japanese government should take part in the investment of around 7 billion euros.
Staying a factory out of the ground can take a while even in Japan. A completion is probably planned in 2024, that is, so fast Sony will not be able to counteract the delivery bottlenecks. Nonetheless, the production of other products could be easier and faster in the future.
(Source: Reuters)
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Toshiba warns of persistent scarcity
The Japanese company Toshiba is one of the largest manufacturers of electronic devices. Among other things, Toshiba produces high performance chips, which are also installed in consoles.
Unlike Bloomberg, an employee recently explained that the supply of chips will remain very close to at least September next year and that some customers can not be fully supplied by 2023.
(Source: Bloomberg)
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