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To: StanX Long who wrote (63649)	5/13/2002 1:14:41 AM
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Macronix Expects to Turn to Profit on Nintendo Orders (Update1) By Alan Patterson quote.bloomberg.com Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Macronix International Co., Taiwan's third-largest chipmaker, expects to return to profit this year after three quarters of losses as Nintendo Co., its biggest customer, orders more chips for video games. ``Nintendo will triple output with us in the second half,'' Macronix Chief Executive Officer Miin Wu said in an interview. ``They plan to release some big titles.'' Nintendo, the world's second-largest video-game maker, will order more so-called mask-ROM chips for memory cards that store games in its hand-held Game Boy Advance machine, Wu said. Macronix idled half its capacity and wrote off inventory after Nintendo cut orders late last year. The Japanese gamemaker said last week it was teaming up with Namco Ltd., the maker of the Pac-Man arcade game, to develop video- game software and expand its range of game titles. The company, which has focused on developing the GameCube, is now shifting more resources toward Game Boy Advance, Wu said. To be sure, some investors said it's premature to expect chipmakers to benefit from rising demand among gamemakers like Nintendo, even though game shipments typically rise in the second half because of holiday season sales.