Nintendo is losing a Switch cartridge supplier

<figure> <img alt="A photo showing a Nintendo Switch with a game cartridge." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo: James Bareham / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/jbareham_180301_2346_nintendo_switch_0094.webp?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nintendo is about to lose a major memory supplier for its Switch cartridges. The supplier, Macronix, announced during a recent quarterly earnings call that it would be gradually phasing out ROM production and is instead focusing on NOR flash memory for data centers, <a href="https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2026/10/29/2003866787"><em>Taipei Times</em></a> reports.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Macronix's <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28866506-macronix-earnings-oct-2026/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28866506-macronix-earnings-oct-2026/">ROM revenue fell 39 percent</a> compared with last year in Q3 2026, but its revenue from NOR memory rose 158 percent, and its revenue from NAND memory surged 768 percent year over year. According to <em>Taipei Times</em>, Macronix chairman and CEO Miin Wu said during its Q3 2026 earnings call that "demand for NOR used in data centers is very robust. Customers …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1026426/nintendo-switch-cartridges-rom-supplier-data-center">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>