WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.
SONY the Japanese electronics maker scored big as tear-down analysis of the iPhone 4S showed that Apple chose to use the company for the 8-megapixel camera -- a touted advancement in the new phone.
An examination by research firm Chipworks, using an infrared microscope, revealed markings on the camera they believe to identify Sony as the manufacturer.
"What you see are the die markings on the base layer of the image sensor," the company said of an X-Ray image it produced of the chip. "The image isn't beautiful, but it's enough to tell us that Sony is in our particular iPhone 4S."
"Our checks indicate that Sony might have started with 60-80% of the volume and that Apple would eventually move to 60% Sony and 40% OVTI mix once OVTI gets its production an yields up," said Needham's Rajvindra Gill.
Apple has a history of sourcing multiple suppliers for key components, however, as to not affect the supply chain if something goes awry.
Source: ibtimes
