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Macronix International Co., Ltd. (MCIX; often shortened to Macronix) is an integrated device manufacturer in the

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(NVM) market. The company manufactures NOR Flash,

NAND Flash Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. Both us ...

, and

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products for the consumer, communication, computing, automotive, and networking markets. Its headquarters are located in Taiwan.

History

Macronix was established in 1989. In 1997 the company was a global supplier of

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and

EPROM An EPROM (rarely EROM), or erasable programmable read-only memory, is a type of programmable read-only memory (PROM) chip that retains its data when its power supply is switched off. Computer memory that can retrieve stored data after a power ...

s. In 2012 the company developed a process to prolong the life of solid state drives. Macronix developed specialized

memory chip Semiconductor memory is a digital electronic semiconductor device used for digital data storage, such as computer memory. It typically refers to devices in which data is stored within metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) memory cells on a silic ...

s for the consumer electronics industry, including those used in Nintendo's 3DS and Switch devices, and

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's wearable electronic devices."Macronix shares rise on Samsung news"
''Taipei News'', Apr 17, 2014 Lisa W ang In 2014 the company had around 4,500 employees and a

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of NT$33.8 Billion (as of 2011/12/31). Total revenue was NT$22.4 Billion, although the company experienced overall operating losses. That year Macronix was involved in an unsuccessful patent infringement legal battle with competitor Spansion Inc. As of 2016, Macronix had branches in Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, Singapore and China, and was the largest supplier of Mask ROMs in the world. The company experienced operating losses and its credit rating on the

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was downgraded."Macronix remains in the red"
Jessie Shen, ''DIGITIMES'', Taipei 28 July 2016

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Company overview
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