RZ/G2 microprocessors (MPU) feature a 64-bit multi-core architecture with advanced graphics capabilities and high-bandwidth memory interfaces to enable high-performance embedded systems with enhanced human machine interfaces.

High-Performance MPUs with Advanced Graphics for Next-Generation HMI in Industrial and Building Automation

Developers using embedded controllers in Industrial Automation and Building Automation applications are demanding higher performance, higher reliability and long-term software support.

To address these demands Renesas Electronics created the RZ/G2 microprocessors which combine a powerful 64-bit multi-core architecture with advanced graphics capabilities and high-bandwidth memory interfaces to enable a new generation of systems with enhanced human machine interfaces (HMI) for factory automation, process control, building power management, and video surveillance.

Renesas supports RZ/G2 application development with an industrial-grade Linux software package, maintained for 10+ years to bring reliability, functional safety, security, and feature-richness to mission-critical systems.

RZ/G2 Product Highlights

  • High Performance: 64-bit Arm®v8-A cores plus powerful graphics engine and 4K UHD video engine to offer the highest performance per dollar
  • High Reliability: Built-in Error Correction Code (ECC) for internal and external memory which is essential for high-reliability mission critical systems
  • Super Long Term Support for Linux: Civil Infrastructure Program (CIP) Linux offers 10+ years support
  • RZ/G Linux Platform Solution: Reduce development cost and time with Renesas verified software for RZ/G MPUs

RZ/G2 Entry Class MPUs

Product Description Featured Document
RZ/G2L General-purpose Microprocessors with Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A55 (1.2 GHz) CPUs and Single-core Arm® Cortex®-M33 (200 MHz) CPU, with 3D Graphics and Video CODEC Engine pdf_icon_for_table.png
RZ/G2LC General-purpose Microprocessors with Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A55 (1.2 GHz) CPUs and Single-core Arm® Cortex®-M33 (200 MHz) CPU, with 3D Graphics pdf_icon_for_table.png
RZ/G2UL General-purpose Microprocessors with Single-core Arm® Cortex®-A55 (1.0 GHz) CPU and Single-core Arm® Cortex®-M33 (200 MHz) CPU with 2ch Gigabit Ethernet pdf_icon_for_table.png

RZ/G2 Entry Class MPUs Functional Overview

Items RZ/G2L RZ/G2LC RZ/G2UL (Type2)
Pin compatible with RZ/G2LC
RZ/G2UL (Type1)
Full function
CPU (Arm® Cortex®-A) 1× or 2× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L3 Parity/ECC
1× or 2× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L3 Parity/ECC
1× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L3 Parity/ECC
1× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L3 Parity/ECC
CPU (Arm® Cortex®-M) 1× Cortex®-M33@200MHz 1× Cortex®-M33@200MHz 1× Cortex®-M33@200MHz 1× Cortex®-M33@200MHz
DRAM I/F 16-bit ×1ch DDR4-1600/DDR3L-1333 w/ECC 16-bit ×1ch DDR4-1600/DDR3L-1333 w/ECC 16-bit ×1ch DDR4-1600/DDR3L-1333 w/ECC 16-bit ×1ch DDR4-1600/DDR3L-1333 w/ECC
Video in 1×MIPI CSI-2 or 1×Digital Parallel input 1×MIPI CSI-2 1×MIPI CSI-2 1×MIPI CSI-2
Video Codec Support up to Full HD @30fps resolutions
Encoding and Decoding: H.264
3D GFX Arm Mali-G31 GPU @500MHz Arm Mali-G31 GPU @500MHz
Display out 1×MIPI DSI or 1×Digital Parallel output 1×MIPI DSI 1×Digital Parallel output
USB USB2.0×2ch (1Host, 1Host/Function/OTG) USB2.0×2ch (1Host, 1Host/Function/OTG) USB2.0×2ch (1Host, 1Host/Function/OTG) USB2.0×2ch (1Host, 1Host/Function/OTG)
Gbit Ether 2ch 1ch 1ch 2ch
CAN 2ch (support CAN-FD) 2ch (support CAN-FD) 2ch (support CAN-FD) 2ch (support CAN-FD)
12-bit ADC 8ch 2ch
Package 551-pin LFBGA, 21mm×21mm
0.8mm ball pitch
456-pin LFBGA, 15mm×15mm
0.5mm ball pitch
361-pin LFBGA, 13mm×13mm
0.5mm ball pitch
361-pin LFBGA, 13mm×13mm
0.5mm ball pitch
361-pin LFBGA, 13mm×13mm
0.5mm ball pitch
Pin compatibility Pin compatible with RZ/G2UL Pin compatible with RZ/G2LC

RZ/G2 High/Middle Class MPUs

Product Description Featured Document
RZ/G2H Ultra-high Performance Microprocessors with Quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A57 and Quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A53 CPUs, with 3D Graphics and 4K Video Encoder/Decoder pdf_icon_for_table.png
RZ/G2M Ultra-high Performance Microprocessors with Arm® Cortex®-A57 and Arm® Cortex®-A53 CPUs, with 3D Graphics and 4K Video Encoder/Decoder pdf_icon_for_table.png
RZ/G2N Ultra-high Performance Microprocessors with Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A57 (1.5 GHz) CPUs, with 3D Graphics and 4K Video Encoder/Decoder pdf_icon_for_table.png
RZ/G2E Ultra-high Performance Microprocessors with Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A53 (1.2 GHz) CPUs, with 3D Graphics and Video CODEC Engine pdf_icon_for_table.png

RZ/G2 High/Middle Class MPUs Functional Overview

Items RZ/G2H RZ/G2M RZ/G2N RZ/G2E
CPU (Arm® Cortex®-A) 4× Cortex®[email protected]
4× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L2 Parity/ECC
2× Cortex®[email protected]
4× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L2 Parity/ECC
2× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L2 Parity/ECC
2× Cortex®[email protected]
L1, L2 Parity/ECC
CPU (Arm® Cortex®-M) 1× Cortex®-R7@800MHz
L1, TCM w/ECC
1× Cortex®-R7@800MHz
L1, TCM w/ECC
1× Cortex®-R7@800MHz
L1, TCM w/ECC
1× Cortex®-R7@800MHz
L1, TCM w/ECC
DRAM I/F 32-bit ×2ch LPDDR4(3200) w/ECC 32-bit ×2ch LPDDR4(3200) w/ECC 32-bit ×1ch LPDDR4(3200) w/ECC 32-bit ×1ch DDR3L(1856) w/ECC
Video in 2×MIPI-CSI2, 2×Digital (RGB/YCbCr) up to 8 input image can be captured 2×MIPI-CSI2, 2×Digital (RGB/YCbCr) up to 8 input image can be captured 2×MIPI-CSI2, 2×Digital (RGB/YCbCr) up to 8 input image can be captured 1×MIPI-CSI2, 1×Digital (RGB/YCbCr) up to 2 input image can be captured
Video Codec Support up to 4k resolutions
Decoding: H.265, Encoding and Decoding: H.264
Support up to 4k resolutions
Decoding: H.265, Encoding and Decoding: H.264
Support up to 4k resolutions
Decoding: H.265, Encoding and Decoding: H.264
Support up to FHD resolutions
Decoding: H.265, Encoding and Decoding: H.264
3D GFX PowerVR GX6650@600MHz PowerVR GX6250@600MHz PowerVR GE7800@600MHz PowerVR GE8300@600MHz
Display out 1×HDMI, 1×LVDS, 1×Digital RGB 1×HDMI, 1×LVDS, 1×Digital RGB 1×HDMI, 1×LVDS, 1×Digital RGB 2×LVDS or 1×LVDS, 1×Digital RGB
USB USB2.0×2ch (1H, 1H/F/OTG)
USB3.0/2.0×1ch (DRD)
USB2.0×2ch (1H, 1H/F/OTG)
USB3.0/2.0×1ch (DRD)
USB2.0×2ch (1H, 1H/F/OTG)
USB3.0/2.0×1ch (DRD)
USB2.0×1ch (H/F)
USB3.0/2.0×1ch (DRD)
Gbit Ether 1ch 1ch 1ch 1ch
CAN 2ch (support CAN-FD) 2ch (support CAN-FD) 2ch (support CAN-FD) 2ch (support CAN-FD)
PCIe 2ch (Rev2.0 1Lane)
one of the 2ch is shared with SATA
2ch (Rev2.0 1Lane) 2ch (Rev2.0 1Lane)
one of the 2ch is shared with SATA
1ch (Rev2.0 1Lane)
SATA 1ch (Pin Shared) No 1ch (Pin Shared) No
Package 1022-pin FCBGA, 29mm×29mm
0.8mm ball pitch
1022-pin FCBGA, 29mm×29mm
0.8mm ball pitch
1022-pin FCBGA, 29mm×29mm
0.8mm ball pitch
552-pin FCBGA, 21mm×21mm
0.8mm ball pitch
Pin compatibility Pin compatible with RZ/G2M, G2N Pin compatible with RZ/G2H, G2N Pin compatible with RZ/G2H, G2M

ECC for High Reliability

Error correcting code (ECC) functions protect RAM against radiation-induced soft errors, a critical requirement for high-reliability systems.

  • The only embedded MPUs offering ECC on all internal and external memory interfaces for all device options
  • RZ/G2 L1 and L2 cache SRAM memories have built-in ECC to reduce/eliminate soft errors
  • DDR3L or LPDDR4 interfaces implement ECC to protect data on external memory devices

Renesas RZ/G2 microprocessors enable a secure trusted platform through many hardware features including:

  • Arm TrustZone partitioning
  • Cryptographic acceleration
  • Secure key generation and storage
  • Secure boot
  • Establishment of unique root of trust

Super Long Term Software Support

Renesas RZ/G2 microprocessors are the only embedded MPUs that meet the long-term support demands for industrial and infrastructure equipment manufacturers through the 10+ year support offered by the super long term support (SLTS) kernel maintained by the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP). The CIP SLTS Linux kernel supports countermeasures against vulnerability to security attacks with a long-term maintenance period of 10 years or more. This reduces Linux maintenance costs and simplifies adoption of reliable industrial-grade Linux.

Civil Infrastructure Platform

Download the free Civil Infrastructure Platform white paper

Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project adopted the Renesas RZ/G2M-96CE board as the ARM64 reference board for the next CIP SLTS kernel.

RZ/G Linux Platform

RZ/G2 64-bit MPUs Overview

Renesas introduces the second generation RZ/G series of 64-bit microprocessors (MPU) with verified Linux package. The RZ/G2 MPUs offer high performance, high reliability embedded microprocessors with advanced graphics for next generation Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) on industrial and building automation systems.