The high-performance RZ/A Series MPUs retain the ease-of-use of Renesas microcontrollers (MCUs), while combining Renesas' proprietary technologies and the Arm® ecosystem. RZ/A devices offer up to 10 MB of on-chip SRAM, which can buffer up-to WXGA resolution graphics without the need for external SDRAM. This capability is married with the device’s ability to execute code in-place (XIP) from QSPI flash, which greatly simplifies board design. Coupled with its high-bandwidth 128-bit wide parallel data bus, the RZ/A supports faster graphics, digital audio signal processing, device control, and more. . In addition, Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor (DRP) technology in RZ/A2M MPUs enables real-time video image pre-processing at the endpoint, for embedded AI applications.
RZ/A MPUs deliver higher performance than an MCU while reducing system cost.
- Arm Cortex-A9 CPU at up to 1000 DMIPS
- Up to 10 MB on-chip RAM
- HMI hardware on-chip (GPU and camera interfaces)
- Execute-in-place (XIP) using QSPI flash
RZ/A MPUs Include On-Chip Graphics Display and Camera Input Capabilities
RZ/A MPUs reduce development cost with free RZ/A Software Package
- RZ/A software package with FreeRTOS
- e2studio Integrated Development Environment
- TES Guiliani GUI development tools
- QE for display and camera development support tool
- Linux distribution packages available
RZ/A1LU Software Development Kit
RZ/A2M Software Development Kit
RZ Family Software and Tools
Software Package
Development Enviroment
GUI Development Tool
RZ/A Display Development Support Tool
RZ/A2M MPUs with DRP improve image processing performance by 10X over RZ/A1 MPUs
- Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor (DRP) technology accelerates image processing
- Enables hybrid e-AI solutions with DRP for image processing + CPU for inference
The RZ/A2M MPU is designed for e-AI based imaging in smart appliances, networked cameras, service robots, scanner products, and industrial machinery that require high-speed image processing. It features a unique hybrid approach to image recognition and machine vision by combining proprietary DRP technology for fast pre-processing of image data and feature extraction, closely coupled to an Arm® Cortex®-A9 CPU for AI inferencing.
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RZ/A2M MPU Wins Electronic Products’ 2018 Product of the Year Award
The RZ/A2M microprocessor (MPU) with Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor (DRP) technology was selected as a winner of Electronic Products’ prestigious Product of the Year Award in the MPUs and MCUs category. The DRP is based on a massively parallel wired logic architecture that can execute different operations on different data sets at each processor cycle. This allows the RZ/A2M to deliver real-time image processing at low power consumption with complete flexibility, and at 10x the performance of its predecessor, the RZ/A1. RZ/A2M innovation also includes 4 MB of on-chip SRAM, MIPI camera interface, a two-channel Ethernet interface, and hardware security features for crypto acceleration and establishing a Root of Trust.
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RZ/A1 MPU Capabilities at a Glance
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CPU/Frequency |
Cortex-A9/400MHz |
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Supported Flash ROM |
NOR, Serial NOR(SDR) |
NOR, Serial NOR(DDR) |
NOR, Serial NOR(DDR*1), NAND |
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On-Chip RAM |
2MB |
3MB |
5MB |
10MB |
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RAM Interface |
SDRAM |
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Graphics Engine |
Unavailable |
2D(OpenVG) |
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LCD Controller |
VDC5(1ch) |
VDC5(2ch) |
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Camera Interface |
Digital (Parallel) |
Digital (parallel) Analog |
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JPEG Codec Unit |
Unavailable |
Available |
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Ethernet |
10/100base Ether x 1 |
10/100base Ether x 1 or EthernetAVB x1 |
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Connectivity |
USB2.0 x 2 (FS/HS) |
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Package |
176BGA*4 |
176QFP, 208QFP, 176BGA*4 |
176QFP, 208QFP, 233BGA*5, 176BGA*4 |
256QFP, 324BGA 256BGA*4 |
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*1 Frequency limitations apply
*2 2ch can be used simultaneously
*3 Optional
*4 For industrial/consumer use
*5 In development