Renesas Technology Europe today announced a new generation of R8C Family microcontrollers (MCUs) that are based on the latest process technology tailored for high performance 8 bit applications. Built on a powerful 16-bit CPU core*, the R8C/3x MCUs with on-chip flash have an extended operating voltage range of 1.8V to 5.5V. They incorporate new and enhanced analogue functions, including level-only-sensitive power-on reset circuits, high speed dig...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the mass production start of the RX610 group with up to 2MB flash embedded. The first RX610 microcontroller (MCU) group is based on the new RX CPU that is destined to become the mainstay of the company’s business in serving global embedded systems markets. With 1.65 MIPS/MHz processing performance, the new products incorporate up to 2 MB of on-chip flash, and provide legacy, enhanced and new peripheral ...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the release of a second selection of products in its wide RX Platform product line-up. The RX Platform is built around the new RX CPU and comprises the next generation of MCUs integrating the functions of Renesas Technology’s existing 16-bit and 32-bit MCU products.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the release of the SH7216 series of 32-bit on-chip flash memory microcontrollers, the newest addition to the successful 32-bit SuperH® RISC family. The target market for the SH7216 is industrial applications such as AC servos, factory automation equipment, building automation, air conditioning, and general purpose networking.

Following the launch of its successful R32C MCAL 2.1, Renesas Technology Europe today announced a new Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL), Release 3.1, for its R32C/100 Series microcontrollers.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the release of the R8C/Lx Series of high-performance 16-bit microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory incorporating an LCD driver, for use in a wide range of LCD panel equipped applications including industrial and consumer products and battery-operated healthcare devices. The initial release phase comprises a total of 32 models (112 type names) in eight groups, incorporating large-capacity on-chip flash...

Renesas Technology Europe 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.

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.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the CRD5CM reverse conducting thyristor for use in voltage regulators for two-wheeled vehicles and engines for general-purpose batteries. The CRD5CM integrates a thyristor and a rectifier diode in a single element. Sample shipments will begin in February 2010.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the SH74552 and SH74562 32-bit MCUs for applications of advanced driver assistance systems, needed in automobile “active safety” systems, such as those for obstacle detection and risk avoidance. Sample shipments will begin in May 2010.

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation and Renesas Technology Corp. today announced that Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi High-Technologies, and Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Renesas Technology, today entered into an absorption-type company split agreement regarding the transfer of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment business, which is based at the Yamanas...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced a lineup of 12 10th generation power MOSFET products for isolated DC-DC converters*1 used in the power supplies of applications such as servers, communications equipment, and industrial equipment. The new power MOSFETs deliver reduced switching loss*2 for improved energy efficiency and cover a wide voltage tolerance range (40 V, 60 V, 80 V, 100 V). Mass production started on December 3, 2009.

Renesas Technology Europe today introduced a high-performance TCAM (Ternary CAM) Series, comprising a portfolio of TCAM memory products to enable high speed packet processing for networking equipment such as routers and switches. The first product in the series is the R8A20410BG TCAM, which has a capacity of 20Mbits and delivers industry-leading high-speed search performance of up to 360 MSPS/Table. Sample shipments will begin in December 2009.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the availability of the Renesas Multimedia Solution Linux*1 platform, which enables low-cost and rapid development of systems incorporating the SH772x Series application processor for low power multimedia applications such as audio and video for portable and industrial devices. The first product in the series is the MS7724 platform for the SH7724, the newest entry in the SH772x Series. Shipments will begi...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the availability of its H8/38606F Super Low Power microcontroller, which has been designed for the next generation of low power smart sensor applications. The H8/38606F is unique in providing 48 kbytes of on-chip flash memory in a small 32-pin QFN package together with Super Low Power technology.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced that it is sampling the SH-Mobile APE4 (product number: R8A73720), an ARM Cortex-A8 based Application Processor Engine running at a speed of more than 1GHz, targeted for next generation mobile phone and mobile device implementations. With the integration of various dedicated processing engines the device features ultimate multimedia capabilities, such as 1080p full HD video recording/playback at 30fps, an...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the development of the RS-4 Dual Interface Series of high-performance 16-bit secure MCUs. Built around the proven RS-4 high-performance 16-bit CPU core while providing dual interface capability for contact and contactless communication and MIFARE Plus support, the new MCUs are intended for smart card applications requiring multifunctionality and high security, such as financial services cards issued by ba...

Renesas Technology Europe has announcesd the immediate availability of a new turn-key reference platform for lowest-cost Human-Machine-Interface (HMI) solutions, based on Renesas’ H8S/2456F high performance 16-bit Flash microcontroller. The kit enables engineers to develop HMI’s using colour TFT LCD quickly and easily. It targets a Bill-Of-Material (BOM) for a finished HMI module, including a QVGA TFT with 16-bit colour-depth, of under 20 €...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the SH72546R SuperH Family microcontroller designed for use in automotive engine and transmission control systems. The device combines high-speed operation of up to 200 MHz with flash memory capacity of 3.75 MB. Sample shipments will begin this month.

Renesas Technology and the city of Changchun, China has jointly carried out a verification test of the world's first commercial ITS using public buses in Changchun City, China this month. The test was completed successfully. Renesas provided the WAVE terminal platform that implements WAVE communication, a new wireless communication technology, and confirmed the realization of WAVE communication used in public buses.