Renesas Technology: Latest News

NEC Electronics and Renesas Announce the New Organizational Structure and Personnel Changes Following Merger

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:30:00 GMT

KAWASAKI, Japan, TOKYO, Japan, March 16, 2010 — NEC Electronics Corporation (NEC Electronics; TSE: 6723) and Renesas Technology Corp. (Renesas Technology) today announced the new organizational structure and personnel changes of Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas Electronics), the new integrated company that will be formed on April 1, 2010 when the business integration (the “Business Integration” or the “Merger”) of the two entities is completed.

Renesas Technology to Release E1 and E20 On-Chip Debugging Emulators for New RX Family MCUs

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the development of the E1 and E20 on-chip debugging emulators as system development tools for MCU products in the new RX Family, which will become the core of the company's MCU business in the years ahead. The E1 and E20 will enable developers to verify the operation of the MCU within the system (by verifying the operation of programs that run on the MCU). Compared with Renesas Technology's existing on-chip debugging emulator products, the new E1 and E20 provide lower cost, more flexibility, improved functionality, and reduced environmental impact.

RX62T Group High-Performance 32-Bit Microcontrollers with Improved Timer and Analog Functions for Motor Control in Consumer Products Released as the Third Release in the RX Family

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Tokyo, March 3, 2010 —— Renesas Technology Corp. announced today new product releases in their RX Family of next-generation microcontrollers. The RX Family was developed with a full-scale effort to not only improve Renesas' share of the expanding market for 32-bit microcontrollers, but also with the goal of defining the standard for midrange microcontrollers, including the 16-bit class of devices. Today's release is the third release in this Family and consists of twelve models (and 40 individual products) in the RX62T Group of 32-bit microcontroller designed for motor control in consumer equipment such as environmentally friendly home appliances. Renesas will begin sample shipment of the first of these products in March 2010.

Renesas Technology to Release RX62N Group and RX621 Group, a Second Selection of Products in the RX Family of 32-Bit MCUs with Enhanced Communication Functions for Building Management and Industrial Equipment

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Tokyo, March 2, 2010 —— Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the release of a second selection of products in its RX Family, which forms the core of the company's MCU business. The new RX62N Group and RX621 Group comprise a total of 16 models and 31 individual products. Samples are available in Japan.

Renesas Technology to Release Eight 800V TRIAC Products, Including BCR16CM-16LH, with High Commutation Characteristics Among the Best in the Industry, and Junction Temperature of 150℃

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Tokyo, February 25, 2010 —— Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the development of new 800V TRIAC products, including the BCR16CM-16LH, with high commutation characteristics among the best in the industry, and a guaranteed junction temperature (Tj) of 150℃, making them ideal for AC motor drive applications in electric household appliances such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners. Sample shipments will start in April 2010 in Japan.

Renesas Technology to Release the Industry's First "Herstellerinitiative Software Recommended Optimization AUTOSAR" Specification-compliant Software Supporting Release 3.1 for R32C/100 Series

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

TOKYO, February 23, 2010 —— Renesas Technology Corp. today announced “Herstellerinitiative Software (HIS) Recommended Optimization AUTOSAR” specification-compliant Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL) supporting Release 3.1 for R32C/100 Series microcontroller. Sample shipments will begin in March 2010 in Japan.

Imec, Renesas and M4S report a single-chip reconfigurable multi-standard wireless transceiver in 40nm CMOS

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Leuven, February 10, 2010—— At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, imec and its research partners Renesas Technology Corp. and M4S present a complete transceiver with RF, baseband and data converter circuits in 40nm low-power CMOS. The fully reconfigurable transceiver is compatible with various wireless standards and applications, including the upcoming mobile broadband 3GPP-LTE standard.

Renesas Technology to Release R8C/Mx Series of Flash MCUs with Power Consumption Among the Lowest in the Industry and Powerful On-Chip Peripheral Functions

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the release of the R8C/Mx Series of low-pin-count MCUs with on-chip flash memory (flash MCUs) offering power consumption among the lowest in the industry and improved functions including timers for applications requiring low power consumption, such as electric shavers, electric toothbrushes, and other compact electrical household appliances.

Heterogeneous Multicore IC for the Next Generation of Information Appliances Developed

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tokyo, February 9, 2010 —— Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi, Ltd., Waseda University, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a heterogeneous multicore system IC that includes multiple CPU cores and special-purpose processors on the same chip. This device achieves a performance to power ratio of 37 GOPS [Giga Operations Per Second] per watt, which thus became the industry's highest level for this aspect, and achieves both high performance and low power.

Renesas Expands Back-End Process Plant in Beijing by Adding New Building on Site

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT

Tokyo, February 3, 2010 —— Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the completion of a new building involving an investment of approximately ¥4 billion to increase microcontroller (MCU) production capacity at the back-end process plant of Renesas Semiconductor (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (RSB), in Beijing, China.