NOR flash supplier Macronix International is expected to see its sales gain momentum in the third quarter of 2014, buoyed by increasing orders for ROM chips from Nintendo, according to industry sources.

Macronix has begun producing ROM chips using a 45nm process, with 45nm chips now accounting for 60% of its total ROM products, said the sources.

Macronix has also started shipping 4Gb and 8Gb ROM/NOR flash hybrid chips and plans to step into the 32Gb segment shortly.

The company's capex budget for 2014 is set at NT$2.5-2.6 billion (US$83.43-86.76 million), but the amount may be higher as Macronix plans to migrate to the production of 36nm NAND flash chips, revealed the sources.

Macronix posted a net loss of NT$1.29 billion, or NT$0.36 per share, in the first quarter of 2014.