Renesas unveils RA2A2 MCUs for energy-efficient IoT applications

Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced the RA2A2 microcontroller (MCU) Group based on the Arm Cortex-M23 processor. The new, low-power devices offer a 24-bit Sigma-Delta analog-to-digital converter (SDADC), and an innovative dual-bank code flash and bank swap function that make it easy to implement firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updates for smart energy management, building automation, medical devices, consumer

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Renesas Electronics enhances AI development to bring real-time data handling to AIoT applications

Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced that it has created interfaces between its Reality AI Tools and its e2 studio integrated development environment, enabling designers to share data, projects and AI code modules between the two programmes.

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Renesas unveils low-power RL78/G15 MCU with 8-pin package

Tokyo, Japan – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced a new general-purpose microcontroller (MCU) in the low-power RL78 Family, with small package sizes that target 8-bit MCU applications. The versatile RL78/G15 packs many peripheral functions and 4-8KB of code flash memory in package sizes ranging from 8 to 20 pins, with

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Renesas to boost low-power WAN product line with NB-IoT-capable wireless module

Munich, Germany and Tokyo, Japan – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, is expanding its low-power WAN product line as part of its strategy to deliver connectivity devices used for smart cities, smart homes, medical devices and industrial applications.

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Renesas ready partner network now extends across all its MCUs and MPUs

Dusseldorf, 8 November 2022 – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, expanded the “Renesas Ready Partner Network” to include commercial-grade, performance-optimised building blocks for its RZ Family of microprocessors (MPUs), featuring 106 new partners and 160 building block solutions. The trusted technology partnership program has grown in the last three years to

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Renesas introduces new ASIL B power management IC ideal for automotive camera applications

TOKYO, Japan ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has unveiled an innovative automotive power management IC (PMIC) for automotive camera applications. The RAA271082 is a versatile ISO-26262 compliant multi-rail power IC with a primary high voltage synchronous buck regulator, two secondary low voltage synchronous buck regulators, and a low voltage LDO regulator.

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AWS announces general availability of AWS IoT FleetWise

Seattle, United States – Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced the general availability of AWS IoT FleetWise, a new service that makes it easier for automotive companies to collect, transform, and transfer vehicle data to the cloud in near real time. Automakers, suppliers, fleet operators, and technology solution vendors in the automotive industry can

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VinFast and Renesas sign partnership to advance automobile technology

Hanoi, Vietnam and Tokyo, Japan – VinFast, Vietnam’s global EV maker, and Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that the two companies are expanding their collaboration agreement to include automotive technology development of electric vehicles (EVs) and delivery of system components. The signing ceremony of the collaboration was held at VinFast’s factory

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Tata Elxsi and Renesas establish new EV innovation centre

Bengaluru, India and Tokyo, Japan. 3 March , 2022 — Tata Elxsi, a global provider of design and technology services, and Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced their collaboration on a state-of-the-art design centre in Bangalore that will develop targeted solutions for electric vehicles (EV). The new Next Generation EV Innovation

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Renesas automotive semiconductors selected by Honda for ADAS

Dusseldorf, Germany. 3 March, 2022 – Renesas Electronics Corporation a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the expansion of its collaboration with Honda in the field of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).

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Renesas and AVL collaborate on customer support for functional safety to develop automotive ECUs that comply with ISO 26262

Dusseldorf and Regensburg, Germany. 17 February, 2022 – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and AVL, the company in development, simulation and testing in the automotive sector, announced their collaboration to deliver customer support for the development of electronic control units (ECUs) that comply with the ISO 26262 international standard for automotive functional

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Renesas launches automotive actuator and sensor control MCUs for evolving edge applications

Dusseldorf, 16 December 2021 ―Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced two new microcontrollers (MCUs) designed for automotive actuator and sensor control applications supporting edge evolution in next-generation electronic and electrical (E/E) architecture.

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Renesas expands lineup of 28nm cross-domain automotive control microcontrollers

Dusseldorf, 9 November , 2021 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduced a powerful new group of microcontrollers (MCUs), the RH850/U2B MCUs, designed to address the growing need to integrate multiple applications into a single chip and realise a unified electronic control unit (ECU) for the evolving electrical-electronic (E/E) architecture.

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Renesas and wolfSSL enable ready-to-use IoT security solutions based on embedded TLS stack

TOKYO, Japan and EDMONDS. Washington, October 27, 2021 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and wolfSSL, a provider of embedded security solutions, announced a multi-year licensing agreement whereby customers of Renesas’ 32-bit MCU offerings can obtain a free commercial license for the wolfSSL TLS (Transport Layer Security) stack with integrated Renesas hardware

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Renesas’ innovative automotive chips drive next-generation multimedia system for Toyota Lexus

Dusseldorf, October 26, 2021 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that its R-Car H3 and R-Car M3 system-on-chips (SoCs) have been adopted by Toyota Motor Corporation for their next-generation multimedia systems.

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Renesas unveils automotive gateway solution based on new R-Car S4 SoCs and PMICs

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, unveiled an innovative automotive gateway solution with R-Car S4 system on chips (SoCs) and power management ICs (PMICs) for next-generation vehicle computers, communication gateways, domain servers and application servers.

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