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The R8J66030FT receiver supports HDMI high-speed digital interface standard for flat-screen TV application. The device is the first in the industry to combine three Version-1.3 input ports and a CEC control function on a single chip. It can be used to provide three HDMI inputs from external devices such as DVD units, PCs, or games consoles, reducing the mounting footprint and overall product cost. The receiver also supports input of HDMI signals from equipment that uses up to 36-bit color depth (12-bits each for R, G, and B), for approximately 68.7 billion colors.

The internal CEC control function eliminates the microcomputer and other external components that previously were required to implement a CEC function. An internal equalizer allows the R8J66030FT receiver to be used with long HDMI cables.

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The RQG2003 SiGe HBT power transistor delivers industry-best performance in products such as wireless LAN terminals, digital cordless phones, and RF tag reader/writers. A replacement for the previous HSG2002 model, it is ideal for use in transmission power amplifiers in the RF front ends of such equipment. In the 5GHz band, the RQG2003 power transistor has a power gain of 6.4dB at 5.8GHz, a 1dB gain-compression power of 26.5dBm, and a power-addition efficiency of 33.6%. In the 2.4GHz band, it has a power gain of 13.0dB at 2.4GHz, a 1dB gain-compression power of 26.5dBm, and a power-addition efficiency of 66.0%.

The package for the new RF power transistor is a small (2.0mm x 2.0mm x 0.8mm) 8-pin surface-mount WQFN0202 (Renesas package code).

NTT DoCoMo Corporation (President: Masao Nakamura), Renesas, Fujitsu Corporation (President: Hiroaki Kurokawa), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura), Sharp Corporation (President: Katsuhiko Machida), and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Corporation (President: Yukio Kubota) are jointly developing an integrated mobile phone platform. The platform development project, which will run until September 2008, will provide basic software and LSI devices for dual-mode handsets that support both HSDPA/W-CDMA (3G) and GSM/GPRS/EDGE (2G).

By providing faster processor speeds, along with the faster communication speeds made possible by support for HSDPA cat. 8, the 3G mobile phone platform will incorporate enhanced accelerator functions for graphics and audio processing. It also will allow mobile phones to be developed with an expanded range of advanced functions.

The project will jointly develop a reference design that uses the SH-Mobile G3 single-chip LSI with a recommended peripheral chipset that includes audio, power supply, and RF LSI devices. The platform will use the Symbian OS and will integrate middleware, drivers, and other basic software.

Cumulative shipments of Renesas microcomputers with internal flash memory (flash microcomputers) surpassed one billion in March 2007, This milestone was reached less than two years after cumulative sales reached 700 million in June 2005. It reflects the fact that we have earned the largest share (by value) of the international market for flash microcomputers. (Source: "2006 Survey of Microcomputers with Internal Flash Memory," published by Marketing Eye Co. Ltd. on March 10 2006.)

Renesas flash microcomputers are used in vehicle engine control systems because they are the fastest and most reliable in the world. They are used in car audio systems because they are the world's best with the largest flash capacity. They are embedded in DVD players and other AV equipment because they offer low-voltage operation, and they are applied in industrial equipment because of their reliability and past track record.

Hitachi Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation began full-scale production of flash microcomputers) in 1996, before Renesas was established. Since then, the companies' proprietary flash memory and microcomputer technologies have powered a growing product range. Products with the high performance and high reliability enabled by the synergistic effects of the formation of Renesas are being produced in high volumes. Our current product range covers about 300 models ? the largest in the industry. As we continue to offer timely supply and enhanced support services for those devices, the growing demand for flash microcomputers has prompted plans to add flash memory to all Renesas microcomputer lineups in the future.