Renesas Technology

Infobox Company
company_name = Renesas Technology Corporation
company_
company_type = Corporation
foundation = April 1, 2003
location = Tokyo, Japan
key_people = Satoru Ito, CEO
num_employees = 26,200
industry = Semiconductor
revenue = 906.0 billion yen (2005)
homepage = [http://www.renesas.com/ www.renesas.com]

nihongo|Renesas Technology Corporation|ルネサス テクノロジ| is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer. They are based in Tokyo and have manufacturing, design, and sales operations in around 20 countries with about 26,200 employees worldwide. Renesas is one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductor systems for mobile phones and automotive applications. It is the world's largest manufacturer of microcontrollers and second largest manufacturer of application processors [ [http://www.intomobile.com/2008/02/18/renesas-became-the-worlds-number-2-supplier-of-application-processors-practically-overnight.html Renesas became the world's number 2 supplier of application processors practically overnight] ] . Renesas is also known for LCD Drivers, RF ICs, Mixed-signal integrated circuit and System-on-a-chip.

Renesas Technology is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.

Renesas Technology was established April 1, 2003 as a joint venture of Hitachi, Ltd. (55%) and Mitsubishi Electric (45%).

Products

The product range comprises semiconductor components, such as:
* System LSIs
** Microcomputers/microcontrollers (incl. smart cards)
** ASICs
** Logic ICs
** Analog ICs
* Discrete devices (diodes, power MOSFETs, thyristors and triacs, transistors)
* Memory ICs (Flash, SRAM, TTRAM)

M16C microcontrollers

The M16C is a 16-bit embedded microcontroller originally developed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. It is available in a number of different versions with various amounts of flash memory and uses the same instruction set across the range which allows application developers to keep the same code base and development tools.

R8C microcontrollers

The R8C is a 16-bit microcontroller that was developed as a smaller and cheaper version of the M16C. It retains the M16C's 16-bit CISC architecture and instruction set, but trades size for speed by reducing the internal data bus from 16 bits to 8 bits. It is available in a number of different versions with up to 128KB of flash memory and SRAM.

All R8C have an internal ring oscillator and can be used without an external resonator. Common interfaces are UART and the R8C/22 and R8C/23 devices have CAN interfaces. Some devices have an internal data flash which is meant as a replacement for a serial EEPROM, although it handles less write cycles as a real serial EEPROM. R8C devices also have On Chip Debugging (see In-circuit emulator).

M32C microcontrollers

The M32C is a 16/32-bit embedded microcontroller originally developed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation as a 32-bit version of the M16C. It is available in a number of different versions with up to 1MB of flash memory and up to 48KB of RAM.

M32R microcontrollers

The M32R is a 32-bit embedded RISC microcontroller originally developed and manufactured by Renesas Technology succeeded by a FPGA-implemented MMU'ed M32R.

H8 Family microcontrollers

H8 is the name of a large family of 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers originally developed in the early 1990s by Hitachi Semiconductor.

SuperH microcontrollers

SuperH is a 32-bit embedded RISC microcontroller originally developed and manufactured in the early 1990s by Hitachi Semiconductor.

References

External links

* [http://eu.renesas.com/ Renesas Technology Europe Website]
* [http://america.renesas.com/ Renesas Technology Americas Website]
* http://www.RenesasInteractive.com - Online training for Renesas products
* http://www.RenesasRulz.com - A community support forum
* [http://clubelek.insa-lyon.fr/joomla/fr/base_de_connaissances/electronique/initiation_au_m32_les_b_2.php Online Tutorial on Renesas M32C/80 series (Clubelek)]

Development Tools for complete Renesas platform:
* http://www.kpitgnutools.com, Official free Toolchains with Support