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Macronix
Taiwanese memory manufacturing company

Macronix International Co., Ltd. (MCIX; often shortened to Macronix) is an integrated device manufacturer in the non-volatile memory (NVM) market. The company manufactures NOR Flash, NAND Flash, and ROM products for the consumer, communication, computing, automotive, and networking markets. Its headquarters are located in Taiwan.

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History

Headquartered in Taiwan, Macronix was established in 1989. By 1997, the company was a global supplier of Mask ROM and EPROMs.1

In 2012 the company developed a process to prolong the life of solid state drives.2

Macronix developed specialized memory chips for the consumer electronics industry, including those used in Nintendo's 3DS and Switch devices,3 and Samsung's wearable electronic devices.4

The company presently has more than 4,000 employees—approximately one-fifth of whom serve in research and development roles. Macronix's total revenues in 2023 were US$888 million, slightly more than one-half of which was derived from NOR flash, followed by ROM revenues at approximately one-third.

As of March 2024, Macronix has had 9,200 patents granted.

Macronix owns two in-house wafer-manufacturing foundries—one for 200-nanometer wafers, the other for 300-nanometer wafers. The company also has sales and support branches in Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and China.

Recognizing the market opportunity in proprietary semiconductor designs becoming high-volume, open-market flash memory, Macronix leveraged flash memory customized for specific customers into widely available devices for broader applications.5

Macronix has developed partnerships with various microcontroller manufacturers to pair its OctaBus flash memory with the partners’ MCUs.6

In the automotive market, Macronix's automotive-grade ArmorFlash and OctaFlash memory families are being adopted by automotive-electronics semiconductor and system makers such as Nvidia and NXP to bring highly secure data storage to vehicles.789

In 2021, Macronix became the first NVM manufacturer to bring 1.2-volt, 120 MHz Serial NOR flash to mass production, contributing to a new generation and broader range of devices requiring ultra-low-power flash memory.1011

Macronix in 2022 introduced its memory-centric computing concept, developed to enable AI-focused computation within flash devices.1213 Also in 2022, Macronix received EE Times Asia's Best Memory Product award for the second consecutive year.14

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References

  1. Chung-Shing Lee; Michael Pecht (7 February 1997). Electronics Industry in Taiwan. CRC Press. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-0-8493-3170-1. 978-0-8493-3170-1 ↩

  2. "Macronix self-healing SSDs last ten times longer". PC Gamer, Dave James December 05, 2012 http://www.pcgamer.com/macronix-self-healing-ssds-last-ten-times-longer/ ↩

  3. "Nintendo’s mysterious new console may be ditching discs altogether". Tech Insider, Jul. 26, 2016. Ben Gilbert and Tim Mulkerin http://www.techinsider.io/nintendo-nx-may-use-game-cartridges-2016-7 ↩

  4. "Macronix shares rise on Samsung news". Taipei News, Apr 17, 2014 Lisa W ang http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2014/04/17/2003588193 ↩

  5. "Proprietary Memories Are a High-Risk Endeavor". EE Times, Gary Hilson, April 1, 2024 https://www.eetimes.com/proprietary-memories-are-a-high-risk-endeavor/ ↩

  6. "STMicro Using OctaBus Flash Memory from Macronix". Embedded Computing Design, Perry Cohen, April 15, 2021 https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/storage/stmicro-using-octabus-flash-memory-from-macronix/ ↩

  7. "Macronix Joins Forces with NVIDIA to Provide Secure Flash Memory in Autonomous Vehicles". Embedded Computing Design, Laura Dolan, August 7, 2019 https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/ai-machine-learning/macronix-joins-forces-with-nvidia-to-provide-secure-flash-memory-in-autonomous-vehicles/ ↩

  8. "Program Forges Tighter Bonds Between Automakers and Taiwan Chipmakers". Electronic Design, Murray Slovick, July 18, 2022 https://www.electronicdesign.com/markets/automotive/article/21246768/electronic-design-program-forges-tighter-bonds-between-automakers-and-taiwan-chipmakers/ ↩

  9. "Macronix octaflash UW Series provides Flash solutions for NXP processors". New Electronics, Neil Tyler, June 29, 2022 https://www.newelectronics.co.uk/content/news/macronix-octaflash-uw-series-provides-flash-solutions-for-nxp-processors// ↩

  10. "Macronix brings 120MHz 1.2V Serial NOR Flash memories to mass production". New Electronics, Neil Tyler, December 1, 2021 https://www.newelectronics.co.uk/content/news/macronix-brings-120mhz-12v-serial-nor-flash-memories-to-mass-production/ ↩

  11. "Serial NOR flash needs just 1.2 V". EDN, Susan Nordyk, December 6, 2021 https://www.edn.com/serial-nor-flash-needs-just-1-2-v// ↩

  12. "Macronix intros compute-in-NAND Storage". Blocks & Files, Chris Mellor, August 12, 2022 https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/08/12/macronix-compute-in-storage-story/ ↩

  13. "Memory-Centric Compute Speeds Searches for Machine-Learning Apps". Electronic Design, William Wong, April 24, 2023 https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded/digital-ics/memory/video/21263394/memory-centric-compute-can-speed-searches-for-machine-learning-applications/ ↩

  14. "Macronix Wins Back-to-Back Memory Product of the Year Honors at EE Awards Asia". EE Times, Steven Las Marias, December 14, 2022 https://www.eetimes.com/macronix-wins-back-to-back-memory-product-of-the-year-honors-at-ee-awards-asia/ ↩