Renesas has announced the development of a Flexible Movie Player video/audio playback software package for embedded systems using the SH-Mobile application processor for mobile phones. The software will be available from July 2008 in Japan.

Renesas Technology Europe today announced that it is supporting microcontroller tutorials at the University of Strathclyde with the donation of 70 x M16C/62P Renesas Starter Kits (RSK) to the University’s Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE). Renesas is also providing technical support training as part of the agreement.

Renesas Technology has entered into a strategic research collaboration with IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, to perform research on 45nm RF transceivers targeting Gbit/s cognitive radios. To this end, Renesas has joined IMEC’s software-defined radio (SDR) front-end program. This research program includes reconfigurable RF solutions, high-speed/low-power analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and n...

Renesas Technology has announced plans to invest ¥4 billion to add a new building at its back-end process plant, Renesas Semiconductor (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (RSB), to increase its capacity for microcontroller (MCU) production. A ceremony for celebrating the start of construction will be held on March 26 with representatives from the city of Beijing and Renesas.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced details of the RS45C, a secure MCU for smart cards requiring a high level of security such as ID, banking and credit cards. The RS45C is built around the RS-4 high-performance 16-bit CPU core and integrates 36 Kbytes of electrically erasable and programmable read-only memory (EEPROM).

Renesas Technology Europe has introduced the SH7142F microcontroller line-up that is said to be ideal for the next generation of industrial inverters. This device also marks an industry first in terms of connectivity. It is the first SuperH Controller to feature two controller area network (CAN) modules. The device integrates pin to pin and software compatible 256Kbyte and 512kbyte versions with super-fast MONOS Flash. MONOS flash supports full...

Renesas Technology Europe has enhanced its H8SX family of 32-bit CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontrollers with the addition of the H8SX/1658R and H8SX/1668R series. These two groups comprise products suitable for use in a wide variety of applications, including PC and office automation (OA) devices, digital consumer products, and industrial equipment. The H8SX/1658R and H8SX/1668R models are functionally enhanced versions of Ren...

Renesas has announced the AE56U, the company’s first 32-bit MCU for smartcards with an on-chip USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller. The device is suitable for USB token applications implementing highly secure digital signature functionality for fields such as online banking. Sample shipments will begin in June 2008 in Japan.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced 50 new products comprising 11 groups as new additions to its R32C/100 Series of Microcontroller Units (MCUs) with on-chip flash memory for automotive systems. The MCUs in this series are built around the R32C/100 high-performance 32-bit CPU core, the most advanced available in the M16C Family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) MCUs. Renesas Technology has developed this MCU family concept to meet ...

Renesas Technology Europe has announced a major expansion of its popular M16C Platform microcontroller*1 lineup with the addition of 20 different models in the M16C/65 group. These devices, successors to the M16C/62P family and extensions of the M16C/64 group, are fully compatible with previous products.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the R32C/111 group of microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory and incorporating the R32C/100 high-performance 32-bit CPU core. The group consists of 12 models and is suitable for a wide range of applications, including metering, industrial and consumer electronics. The R32C/100 series is the top-level product series in the M16C Platform, which is a CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontroller....

Renesas Technology Europe has introduced the SH7137F microcontroller line-up that is ideal for the next generation of industrial inverters (motor control), in particular for main-stream drives in the range of 1 to 100KW. The device integrates 256Kbyte fast MONOS Flash that supports fully deterministic 80MHz zero-wait operation yielding over 100 Dhrystone MIPS CPU performance. It has two powerful timer units (MTU2, MTU2S), each capable of driving...

Renesas Technology has introduced the H8S Family H8S/2472F as the company’s first 16-bit microcontroller incorporating an Ethernet controller and USB for use in industrial systems such as low-end servers, SPS, HVAC, sensors, drives, robots and other factory and home automation products. LSI samples are available now.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the immediate availability of the MIGO-R, “Multimedia Integration GO”, reference design based on the Linux Operating System and the SH7722 low power multimedia processor with dedicated video processing engine supporting H.264 video encode and decode.

Renesas Technology has announced the R2A60281LG, an ultra-compact 2G/3G dual-mode radio frequency (RF) transceiver IC that supports both 2G and 3G modes used in cellular communications. The device integrates in a single chip most of the high-frequency signal processing functions required by mobile phone handsets. Sample shipments will begin in March 2008 in Japan.

Renesas Technology has announced the R2A60281LG, an ultra-compact 2G/3G dual-mode radio frequency (RF) transceiver IC that supports both 2G and 3G modes used in cellular communications. The device integrates in a single chip most of the high-frequency signal processing functions required by mobile phone handsets. Sample shipments will begin in March 2008 in Japan.

Renesas Technology Corp, Sharp Corporation and Powerchip Semiconductor Corp today announced an agreement to establish a joint venture specializing in drivers and controllers for small- and mid-size LCDs. Consolidating the business operations of Renesas Technology and Sharp in this field, the new company will engage in the design, development, sales, and marketing of LCD drivers and controllers. Business operations related to these products will b...

Renesas Technology developed the award-winning MONOS (metal-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon) high-speed embedded Flash Technology to achieve 10ns read access time in its latest 90nm process generation.

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the development of the SH7786 group of dual-core processors built around twin SH-4A CPU cores. The SH7786 group is intended for high-performance multimedia systems, especially Car Information Systems (CIS) such as car navigation systems. It incorporates dual Renesas Technology SH-4A high-performance CPU cores to achieve superior processing power of up to 1920 million instructions per second (MIPS) (when o...

Renesas Technology Europe has announced the immediate availability of the SH7721 microprocessor for battery-operated devices that use TFT displays and feature-rich Linux user interfaces. The SH7721 SH-3-based microprocessor has 170 DMIPS performance, 32Kbyte unified cache and a five-stage pipeline. It integrates a TFT-controller with up to 1024x1024 resolution, depending on colour depth, and with an associated dedicated 2.4Kbyte line-buffer RAM ...