>>3342197Then you must be the world's most ignorant engineer.
Sony's manufacturing process is in fact secret.
EVERYBODY'S manufacturing process is a secret.
That's why no 2 fabs will ever perform the same.
That's why TSMC's 10nm process gives better results than intel's 10nm fab.
That's why Intel had a better 22nm process than everybody else.
That's why Global Foundries has the superior 7nm process.
And that's why nobody can touch Sony's image sensor dominance.
They don't know each others' secret sauces.
Every single process is developed with sweat and tears inside each fab.
The fab's capability depends on the individual genius engineers they have.
That's why you will never see the development tools open sourced, they are the crown jewels of each foundry and kept strictly proprietary.
In other words, Nikon doesn't know shit.
>>3342197>Nikon has bucketloads of IP and patents Sony might be interested in licensing.That isn't "collaboration", the word you used.
That's just being a customer at Nikon.
>Might just be money.Nikon is in fact handing over Sony Semiconductors a lot of money for their services, but this still isn't a collaboration.
The closes thing that describes Nikon from Sony's perspective is
>The enemy of my friend... But he is also my customer. 
