Renesas announced the availability of two new 32-bit All Flash™ microcontrollers (MCUs), with processing performance of 1024 Dhrystone MIPS (million instructions per second, Note 1) at a clock speed of 200 megahertz (MHz), the world’s highest among the existing 32-bit dual-core MCUs with embedded flash memory. The new MCUs have two built-in CPU core, 64 kilobytes (KB) of random access memory (RAM) available for each core, 2 megabytes (MB) of...

Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of its new 12th-generation power MOSFET products, the RJK0210DPA, RJK0211DPA, and RJK0212DPA, as power semiconductor devices for DC/DC converters used in applications such as general point-of-load, base stations, computer servers and notebook PCs.

Renesas introduced seven new power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (MOSFET) products equipped in HSON packages for use in automotive electronics control units for applications including direct injection engine management and electric pump motor control.

Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that its high-performance 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) SH-2/SH-2A™ core-based microcontrollers (MCUs) now support the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework 4.1. Renesas Electronics’ support on the .NET Micro Framework, enables system developers to build reliable industrial and information systems with convenient touch-screen applications ...

Renesas today introduced a three-pronged business strategy including formulation of growth strategies by optimizing business portfolios, realization of merger synergies, such as the integration of development environments, technology platforms and various infrastructures, and implementation of structural reforms to create a business structure with stable profitability and resistance to changing market conditions.

Renesas today announced the availability of two new system-on-chips (SoCs) for digital TVs, set top boxes, and digital broadcast receiver modules. The EMMA™3TJ and the EMMA3TS specifically target the terrestrial digital broadcasting market in Japan and South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela.

Renesas Electronics announced the availability of its new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) host controller (part number µPD720200A). It offers 85 percent less power consumption compared to the company's existing host controller (part number µPD720200) when peripheral devices, such as mice, are not connected to the ports.

Renesas Electronics Corporation and Symbian Foundation Limited today announced that Renesas has joined the Symbian Foundation, bringing its advanced mobile chipset technologies and expertise to the Symbian ecosystem. The availability of Renesas chipsets that support the Symbian platform enables OEMs worldwide to create Symbian-compliant devices that fully meet the needs of network operators, accelerating the adoption of Symbian around the world.

Renesas announced its collaboration with AMD to promote the new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) standard. In December 2009, Renesas Electronics (formerly NEC Electronics Corporation) released its USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) driver, supporting the new industry-standard, highly efficient mass-storage protocol suitable for use on SuperSpeed USB to overcome the performance boundaries of the Bulk Only Transfer (BOT) protocol.

Renesas Electronics announced the company’s first blue-violet semiconductor laser diode with a wavelength of 405 nm and a new structure incorporating an optical waveguide into the semiconductor device, which enables high power output and excellent suitability for mass production.

Renesas Electronics announced the company’s first blue-violet semiconductor laser diode with a wavelength of 405 nm and a new structure incorporating an optical waveguide into the semiconductor device, which enables high power output and excellent suitability for mass production.

NTT DOCOMO, INC., Renesas Electronics Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. and Sharp Corporation today announced their agreement to jointly develop a new application platform for mobile phones that will be compatible with both the Symbian and Linux operating systems. Commercial launch of mobile phones incorporating the new platform is scheduled in the second half of the fiscal year ending in Mar...

Renesas Electronics Europe announced the development of its IO-Link slave solution equipped with an industry-leading small package. The new solution is ideal for IO-Link slave applications, such as the latest small form factor (SFF) optical, inductive, and capacitive automation sensors. The new solution measures only 4mm x 7mm and includes Renesas Electronics' All Flash 78K0R 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) and an ELMOS IO-Link physical layer transc...

Completing a merger transaction between the former NEC Electronics Corporation and Renesas Technology Corp., the newly established Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) has announced it has commenced business operations.

Renesas Electronics Europe, the European entity of the newly established Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), today announced its new executive team. The announcement coincides with the merger of the former NEC Electronics Corporation (NEC Electronics) and Renesas Technology Corp. that takes effect on April 1, 2010.

Renesas Technology Corp., one of the world’s leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions including Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) for advanced packet classification in networking platforms, and Cavium Networks [NASDAQ: CAVM], a leading provider of multi-core processors for networking, wireless, storage, video, and security applications, today announced that they have established a strategic collaboration to deliver highly o...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the development of eight new 800V TRIAC products, including the BCR16CM-16LH. The new TRIACs are power semiconductor devices used for control power supply switching in AC circuits. With high commutation characteristics among the best in the industry, and a guaranteed junction temperature (Tj) of 150°C, they are ideal for AC motor drive applications in electric household appliances such as washing machine...

Renesas Technology Europe and IAR Systems will jointly launch an integrated development environment and compiler support for the SH-2A microcontroller device.

Renesas Technology Europe announced today that it has partnered with the FreeRTOS program to provide FreeRTOS support for the new SH7216 microcontroller device. FreeRTOS is a portable, open source real time kernel that is currently the de facto standard in cross-platform operating systems for embedded microcontrollers. The announcement is significant as it represents the first official port of FreeRTOS for the SuperH line of microcontrollers fro...

At Embedded World in Nuremberg, Renesas Technology Europe today announced the release of the new RX62T, the third family of products in its broad RX Platform series of MCUs. The RX Platform is built around the new RX CPU and comprises the next generation of MCUs which integrate the functions of Renesas Technology’s existing 16-bit and 32-bit MCU products. The new RX62T Group comprises 40 individual products. In addition to the high speed, high ...