Nintendo’s biggest ROM chip supplier is bowing out of the business
Summary
Macronix, a major supplier of memory chips for Nintendo game cartridges, is exiting that sector. This decision comes as surging demand from the artificial intelligence industry creates widespread memory and storage shortages across the technology market.
For years, the AI industry's insatiable demand for memory and storage has had plenty of knock-on effects on the price and availability of PC components like RAM, SSDs, and GPUs. Now those shortages are also squeezing the supply of ROM chips that power physical Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 game cartridges. Chip manufacturer Macronix announced in its third-quarter earnings report…
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