Macronix announces equipment purchase

Macronix International has announced an equipment purchase worth 76.44 million euro (US$100.72 million) from ASML, which supplies lithography systems, via a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
Macronix was quoted in previous reports revealing plans to inject almost NT$30 billion (US$945 million) into its recently-acquired wafer fab at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) over 2010 and 2011. It expects to commence volume production at the fab in the first quarter of 2011, with the new capacity to initially target production for 75nm-made NOR and 45nm mask ROM products.