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What does this mean for smartphone users?
This sounds like encouraging news for smartphone cameras, as TSMC’s more advanced manufacturing could result in more efficient camera sensors. For what it’s worth, the Sony LYT-818 sensor used in phones like the vivo X200 Pro and X300 Pro is built on a 22nm manufacturing process. Vivo indeed claimed that this sensor offered improved power efficiency. Sony’s IMX989, which is a first-generation one-inch smartphone camera sensor, is reportedly built on a 40nm process.
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Phone cameras are battery hogs, but that will change thanks to Sony
… It’s also worth noting that a smaller manufacturing process doesn’t mean a physically smaller image sensor size. So Sony wouldn’t be sacrificing light intake and image quality in general by using a smaller, more advanced process node. …
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