Nintendo is losing a Switch cartridge supplier

Nintendo ROM supplier Macronix is leaving the business as demand for its data center memory booms.

Nintendo ROM supplier Macronix is leaving the business as demand for its data center memory booms.

by Stevie Bonifield and Jay PetersNov 4, 2026, 5:03 PM UTCPhoto by James Bareham / The Verge

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, Taipei Times reports.