• Sony Group unit Sony Semiconductor Solutions signed non-binding MOU with TSMC to form strategic partnership on development, manufacturing of next-generation image sensors.
• Plan calls for joint venture with Sony as majority, controlling shareholder, setting up development and production lines at newly built Sony fab in Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture.
• Parties discussing phased investments by JV, alongside new capital spending by Sony at existing Nagasaki plant, premised on market demand, Japanese government support.
• Partnership targets higher image sensor performance, with focus on physical AI uses such as automotive, robotics.
• Sony Group expects financial impact to depend on definitive agreements, now under evaluation.

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