Ngokusho kweTaiwan Media United News Network, Samsung Electronics and Umc isanda isanda kusayina isivumelwano sokubambisana ukwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwezinzwa zezithombe.
Kubikwa ukuthi i-Samsung inqume ukudlulisa ukukhiqizwa kwefoni yefoni ephathekayo (ISP) kanye ne-ICPER PANEL DRIVE CHIPS (IC) e-UMC, futhi yethule imodeli yokubambisana entsha yokutshala kwayo emishini, i-EEM imisebenzi.
I-UMC's Supply Chain iveze ukuthi ukuze yandise isabelo semakethe yezinzwa zezithombe futhi inselelo yokuhola i-Sony, i-Samsung ihlelele ukufaka imali yokusiza ukukhiqizwa. Kubikwa ukuthi i-Samsung izothenga amasethi angama-400 wemishini kufaka phakathi i-etching, ifilimu elincanyana, ukukhanya okuphuzi, ukuphazamiseka kanye neminye imishini yesitshalo. I-UMC izosebenzisa inqubo ye-28 nenometer ye-OEM ye-Samsung, futhi ihlelele ukuqala ukwakhiwa kwalesi sikhathi nokukhiqizwa kwesisindo ngo-2023. Umthamo wokukhiqizwa kwanyanga zonke ofinyelela ku-27,000.
UMC usanda kuthiwa ukuthi i-NANKE P6 Plant izoba nemodeli entsha yokusebenza. Ngokuqondene nabalingani bebambisane kanye nemininingwane yokutshala imali, basaqhubeka nokuxoxisana, ngakho-ke akunangqondo ukudalula.
Ngonyaka odlule, uSony wafika ebudlelwaneni bokubambisana ne-TSMC, kwathi okokuqala ngqa amanye ama-chips asemqoka we-sensor yesithombe (i-CIS) angeniswe ku-TSMC yasungulwa. Samsung futhi ku-oda inani elincane lamaphaneli Driver Chip to Umc ngaphezu konyaka owedlule. Lokhu kuhlangana kusho ukuthi i-Samsung iqale ngokusemthethweni ukuze ibambe endle ye-CIS.
Ngokwemininingwane evela ku-Strategy Analytics, inhlangano yokucwaninga kwemakethe, i-Sony izoqala ukubekwa kuqala kwimakethe yezinzwa ze-smartphone ngesabelo semali engu-46% ngo-2020, kulandelwa ubuchwepheshe be-Samsung LSI kanye no-Omnivision. Abahlinzeki abathathu abaphezulu beqembu ngalinye libalelwa cishe ama-85% e-Global Revenue Abelana. Kodwa-ke, noma ngabe i-Samsung ingasabisa isikhundla esihola phambili sikaSony ngokubambisana ne-UMC isabonakala.