Macronix president Lu Chih-yuan poses for a photograph at the company’s headquarters in Hsinchu in August last year. “Samsung announced its plans to stop producing and supplying eMMC [NAND flash memory chips]. To fully support the capacity expansion, Macronix plans to delay its development of 3D NOR flash memory chips for about two years, he said. In addition to NAND flash memory chips, the company also saw strong demand for 2D NOR flash memory chips used in AI servers and high-performance-computing devices, he said. Macronix expects its factory utilization rate to rise to about 100 percent this year to satisfy customer demand, Lu said.

Source: Taipei Times January 27, 2026 16:05 UTC