# Who does Sony Semiconductor Solutions pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/sony-semiconductor · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-07-12T08:19:54.017867+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Sony Semiconductor Solutions's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include TSMC plus 2 undisclosed/aggregate relationships. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 cost edges, backed by 3 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### TSMC (mid)  → /tsmc.md
- note: Outsources image-sensor logic-die foundry to TSMC — a hybrid structure with pixels in-house and logic outsourced.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-06-20) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000313838/000119312526274893/d28719d20f.htm: "Sony partnered with TSMC to strengthen image-sensor competitiveness — combining Sony design with TSMC process to source logic wafers, aiming to improve I&SS invested capital and cash flow."
- [confirms] Sony (EN, ir, published 2025-05-01) https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/ir/: "Buys sensor-logic foundry from TSMC."
- [confirms] Yole (EN, analysis, published 2025-01-01) https://www.yolegroup.com/product/report/status-of-the-cmos-image-sensor-industry-2025/: "Buys sensor-logic foundry from TSMC."

### 설비·인프라 (비공개) (low)
- note: Equipment and infrastructure (undisclosed).
- [confirms] Sony (EN, ir, published 2025-05-01) https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/ir/: "Equipment and infrastructure (undisclosed)."

### 웨이퍼·소재 (비공개) (low)
- note: Parts, materials and R&D (undisclosed).
- [confirms] Sony (EN, ir, published 2025-05-01) https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/ir/: "Parts, materials and R&D (undisclosed)."

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