Renesas Technology Corp., Fujitsu Limited, and Sharp Corporation today announced that they plan to jointly develop the SH-Mobile G4 single-chip LSI device, and a platform incorporating it, to support the HSUPA1/HSDPA2/W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE (2G) mobile telephony standards. Development of the platform is targeted for completion by the forth quarter of fiscal 2009 (January–March 2010).

Renesas Technology Europe, aicas GmbH, and emtrion GmbH have announced the availability of JamaicaVM 3.2 for the HiCO.SH7780 Single Board Computer. This solution facilitates short engineering cycles for innovative industrial products and equipment.

Building on their successful partnership on the joint process technology development since 1998, Panasonic Corporation and Renesas Technology Corp. are now collaborating on the development of elemental process technologies for SoCs of the next-generation 32-nm node. The two companies are confident that their 32-nm node transistor technology and other advances can soon be applied to products in mass production.

Renesas Technology Europe has launched its latest member of the SuperH line-up of products. The SH7243 is the lowest cost SuperH flash microcontroller currently available in Europe that uses the industry benchmarked SH-2A core. It has been designed specifically for the mid-range drives, and general-purpose inverter markets.

Renesas Technology Europe announced today the availability of the R8C/2J microcontroller, the latest device addition to the R8C/Tiny series of microcontrollers. This low pin count device is based on the existing R8C/Tiny series, which has an innovative 16-bit CPU core and 8-bit bus. Compared to the existing range of over 260 R8C products, this new R8C/2J device features a reduced set of peripheral functions and offers the flash memory options of ...

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the availability of the AE470G secure MCU for M2M (Machine-to-Machine) wireless communication applications. The AE470G is built around the high-performance AE-4 CPU core, which was developed specifically for use in secure MCUs, and integrates 144 Kbytes of high-performance electrically erasable and programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) with a guaranteed operating temperature range of –40 to +105°C, 500,...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced that it will shortly release an updated version of its power line communications-based (PLC) Renesas Ubiquitous Network – Metering (RUN-M) network layer software. Designed for automatic meter reading (AMR) applications, the new software, RUN-M (RF), will incorporate wireless extensions that conform to the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer standard. Using a wireless approach will now allow AMR applications to not ...

Renesas Technology Europe and Platinum Alliance partner emtrion GmbH, have announced the availability of their processor module HiCO.SH7722. This highly optimized and cost competitive processor module, in SODIMM-format, is ideal as a reference design for rapid and easy development of applications using highly integrated and ultra-low power multimedia processors such as the SH7722. It has been designed as a system solution to extend typical starte...

Renesas Technology Europe has launched its latest member of the SuperH line-up of products. The SH7286 is the first SuperH product offering up to 1Mbyte of fast MONOS (Metal Oxide Nitride Oxide Silicon) embedded flash memory that has been designed specifically for the high-end drives, AC servos and general-purpose inverter markets. The new larger flash memory marks a small step for the world’s number one microcontroller manufacturer but a revol...

Renesas Technology Europe has announced a new SH7786 dual-core processor fabricated with a 65 nm process for high-performance multimedia equipment such as car navigation systems. It realizes excellent processing performance of up to 1,920 million instructions per second (MIPS) (960MIPS× 2, when operating at 533 MHz) and ultra-high-speed data transfer. The device will be made available to Renesas’ wide base of consumer and industrial customers ...

Renesas Technology Europe announced today the availability of the SH7785, its latest high performance addition to the SuperH family of microprocessors, to the consumer and Industrial markets. The device extends the SH7780 family incorporating an advanced SH-4A CPU core and boasting a 50% increase in processing performance and enhancing functionality.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the forthcoming availability in Europe of the RJK0383DPA, a dual-type power MOSFET for synchronous rectification DC/DC converters. The new device achieves higher power supply efficiency and can be used for memory or ASICs in products such as laptop PCs and communication devices. Sample shipments will begin in October 2008.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the availability in Europe of the SuperH Family SH77650, a SoC product providing image recognition processing functions for vehicle information terminals, such as next-generation car navigation systems, and peripheral devices to assist-safe driving.

Approximately 1.6 times faster than earlier Renesas Technology MCUs and full complement of peripheral functions, including CAN for automotive applications, providing reduced system cost, improved performance, and enhanced functionality

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the SH72544R SuperH Family microcontroller designed for use in automotive engine and transmission control systems. The device features high-speed operation up to 200 MHz and 2.5 Mbytes of fast, high-capacity on-chip flash memory. Sample shipments will begin during July 2008.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the addition of a total of 36 new models (72 type names) in 12 groups featuring enhanced functions and higher package pin counts. These include the 80-pin R8C/38E group, 64-pin R8C/36E group, and the 48-pin R8C/34E group. Together they strengthen the R8C/Tiny Series line-up for in-vehicle automotive equipment applications.

Renesas Technology Europe and Segger today announced the launch of emWIN, an embedded graphical user interface (GUI), and embOS, a real-time operating system (RTOS) for Renesas’ SH7203 SuperH microcontroller. Together, emWin and embOS, provide customers the ability to develop graphical applications for the SuperH device with ease.

Renesas Technology has announced the SH-MobileUL2 in the SH-Mobile Series of application processors for mobile phones. Designed for popularly priced mobile phones incorporating multimedia-processing functions, the SH-MobileUL2 delivers an enhanced cost-performance ratio. Sample shipments will begin in September 2008.

Renesas Technology has announced the SH-MobileUL2 in the SH-Mobile Series of application processors for mobile phones. Designed for popularly priced mobile phones incorporating multimedia-processing functions, the SH-MobileUL2 delivers an enhanced cost-performance ratio. Sample shipments will begin in September 2008.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the release of the RQA0010 and RQA0014 high-frequency power MOSFETs that achieve the industry's highest efficiency class *1 and the high reliability of ESD immunity level 4 *2. These devices are designed for use in the transmitter power amplifier of handheld wireless equipment.