The merger in April 2010 between NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology has given birth to Renesas Electronics. As a semiconductor manufacturer, we strive to be the first to meet the needs of our customers worldwide with the aim of becoming one of their most trusted partners.

 



Renesas Electronics Delivers RH850/E1M-S2 32-Bit MCUs for Improved Automobile Fuel Efficiency in Vehicle Powertrain Control Applications

Renesas 32-bit RH850/E1M-S2 MCUs for Automotive Powertrain Control ApplicationsSANTA CLARA, Calif., April 5, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the 32-bit RH850/E1M-S2 microcontrollers (MCUs) for automotive powertrain control applications, such as engine or transmission control, that provide high performance and advanced functionality to enable improved fuel efficiency. The RH850/E1M-S2 MCUs include four product versions, including the most high-end R7F701216EABA (BGA304, 320MHz).


Posted 7 years ago

Renesas Electronics Reveals RX24T Group of 32-Bit MCUs Targeted to Motor Control for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial Equipment, Office Equipment, and Household Appliances

Renesas RX24T Group of 32-Bit MCUs Optimized for Sensorless Vector Control of Multiple MotorsSANTA CLARA, Calif., March 23, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today expanded its robust lineup of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with the RX24T Group. Using the RXv2 CPU core, the new MCUs deliver double the performance from the RX23T, 30 percent reduced development time, and features additional instructions designed to accelerate performance and energy efficiency in industrial equipment, office equipment, and household appliances.


Posted 7 years ago

Renesas Electronics America Showcases Newest Power Solutions at APEC 2016

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 17, 2016 — Renesas Electronics America Inc., a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, will showcase several of its analog and power technologies at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), March 20-24, taking place at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.


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Renesas Electronics America Showcases Cockpit and Autonomous Driving Solutions at Connected Car Detroit and Autonomous Car Detroit 2016

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 15, 2016 — Renesas Electronics America Inc., a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, will showcase its automotive design technologies at the Automotive Megatrends Connected Car Detroit and Autonomous Car Detroit events, March 15-17, taking place at The Henry in Dearborn, Mich.


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Renesas Synergy™ Platform with World-Leading Tools from IAR Systems Accelerates Development of Innovative IoT and Embedded Products

UPPSALA, Sweden / TOKYO, Japan, February 23, 2016 — IAR Systems®, the world’s leading provider of embedded development tools, and Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, are proud to announce that the world’s most widely used development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® is now integrated within the Renesas Synergy™ Platform as “EWARM-RS”. The platform is being showcased at embedded world 2016, February 23-25, Nuremberg, Germany, in IAR Systems’ booths 4-216 and 4-102, as well as in Renesas’ booth 01-350 and 4-173.


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Renesas Electronics to Enable Heightened Security in Connected IoT Devices

SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 22, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the start of a beta program based on its Renesas Synergy™ Platform that provides heightened security capabilities to OEMs who build devices connecting to the Internet of Things (IoT). The Synergy Platform Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) solution consists of Synergy Security Microcontrollers (MCUs) plus the associated Synergy Software and tools enabling OEMs to better protect their software IP from theft and cloning during manufacture, to inhibit counterfeit products, and to ensure authenticity when deploying secure remote firmware updates to end-products already in the field that use Synergy MCUs. Secure lifecycle management is the foundation to maintaining the integrity of end-products.


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Renesas Electronics Expands Renesas Synergy™ Platform for IoT

SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 17, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the expansion of its Renesas Synergy™ Platform designed to accelerate time to market, reduce total cost of ownership and remove many of the obstacles engineers face when designing devices for the Internet of Things (IoT). Expansion includes launch of the new S124 Group of Synergy Microcontrollers (MCUs) with ultra-low power operating characteristics and precise analog signal acquisition/generation capabilities ideal for sensor applications. In support of these new MCUs is an updated version of the Synergy Software Package (SSP) and the e² studio Integrated Solution Development Environment (ISDE) tool. The SSP and e² studio tool also incorporate further enhancements that address the entire Synergy Platform adding new capabilities for networking, industrial automation, power management and automated configuration to save even more precious time for embedded system developers.


Posted 7 years ago

Renesas Electronics Releases R-Car D1 Series of Automotive SoCs Specialized for 3D Graphics Clusters

SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 16, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of the R-Car D1 Series, as the first member of system-on-chips (SoCs) in the R-Car Family specialized for 3D instrument cluster systems. Leveraging its deep knowledge and expertise as the market leader in the automotive semiconductor market (Note 1), Renesas is introducing the new series to provide a smooth migration path for automotive system manufacturers as more automotive systems are expected to shift to 3D graphics instrument cluster systems in the near future.


Posted 7 years ago

Renesas Electronics Announces Consolidated Forecasts and Forecasts of Cash Dividends

TOKYO, Japan, February 9, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the consolidated full-year financial forecasts and forecasts of cash dividends for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016.


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Renesas Electronics Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2015

Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723) today announced consolidated financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2015.


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Renesas Electronics Expands Ground-Breaking IoT Platform with Renesas Synergy™ Software Package, S7G2 Microcontrollers and the First Verified Software Add-On for the Platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Januaray 12, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced new developments for the Renesas Synergy™ Platform, including the commercial release of the Renesas Synergy Software Package (SSP) version 1.0.0, mass production availability of the S7G2 Renesas Synergy Microcontrollers (MCUs), and availability of the first Verified Software Add-on (VSA) software from VSA Program partners.


Posted 7 years ago

Renesas Electronics and TTTech to Collaborate on New ADAS-ECU Development Platform with High Computing Performance and State of the Art Functional Safety

SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 6, 2016 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723, “Renesas”), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and TTTech Computertechnik AG (“TTTech”), a global leader in robust networking and safety controls, today announced their agreement on collaborating on a development of a new automotive platform solution, aimed at providing a future proof, high-performance advanced electronic control unit (ECU) development platform for driver assistance systems (ADAS). The automotive platform solution will integrate Renesas' automotive control microcontroller (MCU), the RH850/P1x, and high-performance R-Car system-on-chips (SoCs) with TTTech's TTIntegration, a software platform, to enable highly complex automotive solutions including highly automated driving. Additionally to the physical integration, the development platform achieves parallel, multi-vendor development and integration of individual software components.


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Renesas Electronics Announces Change in Representative Director

TOKYO, Japan, December 25, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today made the following decisions about the change of Representative Director at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 25.


Posted 7 years ago

Renesas Electronics Announces Development of an On-Chip SRAM to Enable Real-Time Image Processing Required in the Autonomous-Driving Cars Era

TOKYO, Japan, December 9, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced its successful development of a new dual-port on-chip static random access memory (SRAM) for in-vehicle infotainment system-on-chips (SoCs) in the 16 nanometer (nm) and later generations. The new SRAM is optimized for use as video buffer memory in automotive infotainment SoCs to realize the real-time image processing capabilities necessary for future autonomous-driving vehicle technologies. When testing the new SRAM in a state-of-the-art 16 nm process, it achieved both 688-picosecond (ps) high-speed operation under the low-voltage condition of 0.7 V and the industry-leading high level integration density of 3.6 Mbit/mm².


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Renesas Electronics Delivers R-Car H3, First SoC from the Third-Generation R-Car Automotive Computing Platform for the Autonomous-Driving Era

Renesas Third-Generation R-Car’s First High-End SoC: the R-Car H3SANTA CLARA, Calif., December 2, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today unveiled the third-generation R-Car, an automotive computing platform solution for driving safety support systems and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The new R-Car H3 System-on-Chip (SoC), the first member of the third-generation R-Car, delivers CPU performance, image recognition processing, ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) compliance, and a system in package (SiP) with external memory to enable a wide range of automotive applications.


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Renesas Electronics America, Micrium and Medium One Simplify Embedded Design for Wi-Fi Based IoT Applications with New Wi-Fi Solutions Kit

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 30, 2015 — Renesas Electronics America Inc., a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, Micrium, the premier real time operating systems (RTOS) provider for embedded systems and Medium One, a leading Internet of Things (IoT) Data Intelligence company, today announced their collaboration on the RX111 Wi-Fi Cloud Connectivity Kit. The low-cost, low-power, and easy-to-use solution kit is designed to simplify and dramatically accelerate embedded solution development for applications requiring Wi-Fi® cloud connectivity..


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Renesas Electronics Releases Advanced-Functionality Driver IC Supporting Sophisticated Optical Image Stabilization and Autofocus Functions for Smartphone Cameras

Renesas OIS Driver IC For Smartphone CameraSANTA CLARA, Calif., November 25, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of the RAA305315GBM, an advanced-functionality optical image stabilizer (OIS) driver IC that realizes highly precise and wide-range positioning for advanced smartphone cameras.


Posted 8 years ago

Renesas Electronics Expands Touch-Based Application Possibilities for Home Appliance, Building, and Industrial Automation Applications with RX130 Group of MCUs

Renesas RX130 Group of 32-bit MCUs For Touch-Based ApplicationsSANTA CLARA, Calif., November 24, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced it is expanding development support for touch-based home appliance, building, industrial automation, and portable medical applications with the new RX130 Group of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The new Group allows embedded developers to incorporate both user interface (i.e., touch key) and system control capabilities in a single MCU. Developers working with capacitive touch-based applications can leverage Renesas’ state-of-the-art second-generation capacitive touch technology, with self- and mutual-capacitance capability, in an ultra-low power, low-cost 32-bit MCU fabric.


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Renesas Electronics Delivers IGBT with Industry-Leading Low Power Loss for Improved Power Efficiency in Air Conditioners

Renesas IGBT for Mid to Low-End Air ConditionersSANTA CLARA, Calif., November 16, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the new RJP65T54DPM-E0, a power semiconductor device for use in air conditioner power factor correction (PFC) circuits that employ partial switching (Note 1), which are widely used in mid- to low-end air conditioners.


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Renesas Electronics America Streamlines Design Challenges in Automotive and IoT Development at ARM TechCon 2015

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 10, 2015 — Renesas Electronics America, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, is showcasing its latest ARM®-based solutions at ARM TechCon 2015, November 10-12, 2015 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. Renesas Electronics America will highlight innovative and proven technologies, tools and support that enable embedded engineers to overcome the complex design challenges associated with developing industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and human-machine interface (HMI)-based applications, and automotive infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).


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Renesas Electronics and Zebra Technologies Add ARM® mbed™ to Development Environment for Embedded IoT Designers

Tokyo, Japan, and Lincolnshire, Ill., Nov. 9, 2015 — Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) and Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) have unveiled further details of a development platform that combines the Zebra Zatar Internet of Things (IoT) cloud service and the Renesas Synergy™ Platform. By enabling the ARM® mbed™ IoT Device Platform on the Renesas Synergy Platform, Renesas and Zebra provide an efficient approach for architecting end-to-end solutions for embedded devices all the way to the cloud. The solution speeds time-to-market for IoT applications and enables asset-tracking applications for a wide range of real-time embedded systems.


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Renesas Electronics and Nevs Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement to Promote Technological Development for China's New Energy Vehicle Industry

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 6, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723, Renesas), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) today announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement. Utilizing Nevs' Phoenix architecture technology for electric vehicles and Renesas' technologies for new energy vehicles, the companies will join forces on the development of various system solutions targeting China's new energy vehicle market..


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Renesas Electronics Delivers RL78/F15 Group of Low-Power 16-Bit MCUs for Vehicle Control Systems

Renesas RL78/F15 Group of Low-Power 16-Bit MCUs for Vehicle Control SystemsSANTA CLARA, Calif., October 26, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the RL78/F15 Group of low-power 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) for vehicle control systems such as body control modules (BCMs), air conditioners, and power seats, where functionality is advancing rapidly.


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Renesas Electronics Launches Third Generation Single-Chip Powerline Modem Solution Supporting Worldwide Standards and Frequency Bands

Renesas OFDM Powerline Modem SolutionSANTA CLARA, Calif., October 21, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of the third generation of its market leading orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) powerline communication (PLC) modem solution. The new solution is based on a modem system-on-chip (SoC), the R9A06G037, integrating a high-performance digital signal processor (DSP) and large-capacity SRAM, which realizes drastic improvement in communication software processing performance.


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Renesas Awarded Excellence in Quality by Cisco

Renesas DevCon, Anaheim, Calif., October 20, 2015 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has received the 2015 Excellence in Quality award from Cisco®.


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