Macronix Is Phasing Out ROM Chips for Nintendo Switch Game Cards
Macronix will stop developing new ROM chips and make the third quarter the final period in which it reports ROM sales separately, as it shifts manufacturing capacity toward NOR and eMMC memory. ROM products accounted for 5% of Macronix's third-quarter sales, down from 26% in the same period a year earlier. Sales in the segment fell 39% year over year, although they rose 9% compared with the previous quarter. Macronix's planned NT$37.8 billion in capital expenditure will go to eMMC and NAND, with
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