Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announces that it has started operations at its Kofu Factory, located in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

At embedded world 2024, on the DigiKey booth, Kristian McCann and Bernd Westhoff, Director, Embedded Processing Product Marketing at Renesas Electronics spoke about the RA family of MCUs and what they can offer.

Renesas has announced new features and additional coverage for its Quick Connect Studio, a Cloud-based embedded system design platform.

Renesas, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced the RA0 microcontroller (MCU) Series based on the Arm Cortex-M23 processor.

CG, Renesas, and Stars Microelectronics have recently signed a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) to establish a Joint Venture (JV) to build and operate an OSAT facility in India.

Renesas announced an expansion of its RZ Family of microprocessors with the introduction of the RZ/V2H, specifically designed for high-performance robotics applications. The new microprocessor stands as the most powerful within the RZ Family, featuring enhanced capabilities for vision AI and real-time control.

Renesas announced the development of embedded processor technology that enables higher speeds and lower power consumption in microprocessor units (MPUs) that realise advanced vision AI.

Renesas has announced that it has developed circuit technologies for an embedded spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM, hereinafter MRAM) test chip with fast read and write operations.

Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altium Limited have entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement (‘SIA’) for Renesas to acquire Altium through a Scheme of Arrangement under Australian law (‘Scheme’).

Renesas introduced the RA8T1 microcontroller (MCU) group based on the Arm Cortex-M85 processor. RA8T1 devices address real-time control of motors, power supplies and other products commonly used in industrial and building automation, as well as smart homes.

Renesas has introduced the newest device in its Automotive HD Link (AHL) portfolio that enables automotive manufacturers to deliver high-definition video over low-cost cables and connectors.

Renesas has introduced the DA14592 Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) representing Renesas’ lowest power consumption and smallest, multi-core (Cortex-M33, Cortex-M0+), Bluetooth LE device.

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduces a new 64-bit general-purpose microprocessor (MPU) for IoT edge and gateway devices that consumes significantly less power.

Renesas and Transphorm have announced their agreement for Renesas to acquire all outstanding shares of Transphorm. The acquisition, valued at approximately $339 million, is set to significantly enhance Renesas's power portfolio with the addition of in-house GaN technology, pivotal for next-generation power semiconductors. 

Renesas has launched a new Cloud-based development environment aimed at streamlining the software design process for automotive AI engineers.

Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced a family of motor driver ICs for brushless DC (BLDC) motor applications.

Renesas has announced that it has designed and tested a 32-bit CPU core based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).

Speeding up charging time has implications for the power semiconductor industry (IGBTs, MOSFETs) as well as power management ICs and microcontrollers.

Renesas has expanded its 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) offering with a new RX device for high-end industrial sensor systems.

Renesas Electronics Corporation recently unveiled its new RA8 Series microcontrollers (MCUs), which achieve performance of over 3,000 CoreMark points.