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  "id": 559715,
  "title": "TSMC, Sony to invest $4.7 billion in joint venture for image sensors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/tsmc-sony-to-invest-4-7-billion-in-joint-venture-for-image-sensors-559715",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T11:29:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tsmc-sony-to-invest-4-7-billion-in-joint-venture-for-image-sensors/articleshow/133152815.cms"
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  "summary": "Sony will be the controlling shareholder and invest 465 billion yen ($2.92 billion) through a combination of cash and asset transfers, including its newly constructed chip factory in Kumamoto prefecture, while TSMC will invest 282 billion yen, the companies said in a joint statement.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "TSMC, Sony to invest $4.7 billion in joint venture for image sensors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/tsmc-sony-to-invest-4-7-billion-in-joint-venture-for-image-sensors",
        "published": "2026-08-11T10:24:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nippon.com News",
        "title": "Sony, TSMC to Invest 747 B. Yen in Image Sensor JV",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/sony-tsmc-to-invest-747-b-yen-in-image-sensor-jv",
        "published": "2026-08-11T12:47:48.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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