EnOcean accelerates its growth through the acquisition of edge computing solutions business from Renesas

Oberhaching, Germany, 10 October 2022 – EnOcean, the provider of energy harvesting IoT devices and sensor-to-cloud solutions, is announcing the acquisition of the assets of the edge computing solutions business from the Renesas Electronics Corporation. The deal includes the transition of personnel as well as hardware and software products and was closed on the first

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Renesas extends RISC-V embedded processing portfolio with new motor control ASSP solution

Düsseldorf, Germany – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduced the RISC-V MCU specifically optimised for advanced motor control systems. The new solution enables customers to benefit from a ready-to-use, turnkey solution for motor control applications, with no development cost. Customers benefit from reduced time to market and cost reductions with the

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Renesas launches 5V RX660 32-bit MCUs with superior noise tolerance for home appliances and industrial applications

Tokyo, Japan. 2 August 2022 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a new addition to the RX 32-bit MCU Family, the RX660 group of microcontrollers (MCUs) that supports operating voltages of up to 5V, offering superior noise tolerance for home appliances and industrial equipment exposed to high electromagnetic interference.

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Renesas launches cellular-to-cloud IoT development platforms powered by RA and RX MCU families

Tokyo, Japan – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced two new cloud development kits, CK-RA6M5 and CK-RX65N, providing a complete connectivity solution for the RA and RX Families of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The cloud kits are to be equipped with Renesas’ RYZ014A Cat-M1 module, a certified LTE cellular module that

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Renesas launches virtual development environment for fast automotive application software development and evaluation

Tokyo, Japan. 12 April 2022 – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the launch of a virtual development environment that enables advance development and operational evaluation of automotive application software to support the latest requirements of electrical/electronic architecture (E/E architecture).

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Renesas releases WPC Qi 1.3-certified reference design for automotive in-cabin wireless charging

TOKYO, Japan. 15 March 2022 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, released a customer reference design for automotive wireless charging stations. The new P9261-3C-CRBv2 provides features that enable automotive manufacturers to quickly and efficiently deliver premium performance and safety features for in-cabin wireless charging.

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Renesas unveils R-Car V4H for automated driving level 2+ / level 3 to support high-volume vehicle production

Dusseldorf, Germany. 8 March 2022 – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the R-Car V4H system on chip (SoC) for central processing in advanced driver-assistance (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) solutions. The R-Car V4H achieves deep learning performance of up to 34 TOPS (Tera Operations Per Second), enabling high-speed image recognition

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Renesas and Fixstars to establish automotive SW platform lab to develop software and operating environments for deep learning

Dusseldorf, 2 March 2022 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Fixstars Corporation, a global specialist in multi-core CPU/GPU/FPGA acceleration technology, announced their intention to collaborate in the automotive deep learning field. In April 2022, the two companies will establish an Automotive SW Platform Lab tasked with the development of software and

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Trustonic joins Renesas R-car consortium for cybersecurity solutions in the connected vehicle market

Cybersecurity technology provider Trustonic announces the availability of Kinibi 510 on Renesas‘ R-Car Gen3 automotive reference platform. This development will support and enable co-operation and partnerships within the connected car and electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem.

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Renesas launches ‘accurate, cost-effective’ pressure sensing for automotive applications

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduced the RAA2S425x Family of ICs for automotive pressure sensing systems.

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Renesas and Syntiant develop voice-controlled multimodal AI solution

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Syntiant Corp., a deep learning chip technology company advancing low-power intelligent voice and sensor processing in edge devices, announced the joint development of a voice-controlled multimodal AI solution that enables low-power contactless operation for image processing in vision AI-based IoT and edge systems, such as

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Bluetooth 5.0 added to ultra-low power RE family for battery maintenance free IoT Devices

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced the RE01B microcontroller (MCU) with Bluetooth 5.0 support. This expands its RE family of 32-bit ultra-low power consumption MCUs.

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Integrated Device Technology restarts in 2020 as Renesas Electronics America following US integration

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, reports that, after the successful integration of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) in the U.S., IDT began operating in the market under the name of Renesas Electronics America Inc. as of January 1, 2020. IDT was acquired on March 30, 2019.

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Renesas and Altair Semiconductor announce collaboration for cellular IoT solutions

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Altair Semiconductor, a provider of cellular IoT chipsets, jointly announced a partnership aimed at bringing ultra-small and ultra-low-power cellular IoT solutions to the global IoT market.

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Arm announces Custom Instructions for embedded CPUs and Mbed OS Partner Governance

Arm CEO, Simon Segars has announced Arm Custom Instructions, a new feature for the Armv8-M architecture.

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Renesas Electronics announces industry’s first USB-C combo buck-boost battery charger for mobile computing systems

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduced the industry’s first USB-C buck-boost battery charger to support both Narrow Voltage Direct Charging (NVDC) and Hybrid Power Buck-Boost (HPBB) charging for notebooks, ultrabooks, tablets, and power banks using the reversible USB Type-C connector cable.

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