Renesas Electronics Corporation announced ten new Winning Combinations that combine Wi-Fi 6 and 6E chipsets from recently acquired Celeno Communications with a broad range of solutions from Renesas, including embedded processing, analog, power, timing, and connectivity. The new Winning Combos include solutions for IoT, industrial, infrastructure and other applications. These engineering-vetted designs allow customers to […]
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MCU application software meets IEC61508 safety standard
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the availability of industry-leading functional safety solutions that meet the IEC61508 standard for both its RA and RX Families of microcontrollers. Renesas now offers IEC 61508 SIL3 certified self-test software for both Arm Cortex-M23 and -M33-based MCUs. Renesas also announced the IEC 61508 SIL3 certified PROFIsafe Application Software for RX MCUs. Renesas […]
SoC handles processing tasks for ADAS, automated driving
Renesas Electronics Corporation 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 and processing of surrounding objects by automotive cameras, radar, and lidar. The […]
General-purpose MPU built around 64-bit RISC-V CPU core targets IoT endpoint apps
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the RZ/Five general-purpose microprocessor units (MPUs) built around a 64-bit RISC-V CPU core. The RZ/Five employs the Andes AX45MP, based on the RISC-V CPU instruction set architecture (ISA). The RZ-Five augments Renesas’ previously available Arm CPU core–based MPUs, expanding customer options and providing more flexibility in the product development process. Demand […]
Saving energy with MCU power management
MCU low-power features such as built-in energy harvesting help optimize applications where long battery life is important. Masamitsu Muratani, Renesas The spectacular growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving the need for devices that are smarter, faster, and can last for long periods on small and inexpensive batteries. To meet such requirements, Renesas […]
Single-chip network synchronizer/jitter attenuator features ultra-low jitter clock outputs, IEEE1588 support
Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced the ClockMatrix 2 high-performance, precision, multi-channel timing devices for 400/800Gbps optical transport and wireline network applications. Building on the ClockMatrix devices introduced in 2019 for 5G wireless and 100/200Gbps wireline network applications, the second-generation family delivers improved performance with phase jitter as low as 88fs-rms. The highly integrated devices provide all the functionality needed to […]
MRAMs sport reduce-power write operations
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the development of two technologies that reduce the energy and voltage application time for the write operation of spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory (STT-MRAM, hereinafter MRAM). On a 20-megabit (Mbit) test chip with embedded MRAM memory cell array in a 16 nm FinFET logic process, a 72 percent reduction in write […]
Power line communication modem ICs target low-cost system monitoring apps
Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced the R9A06G061 power line communication (PLC) modem IC. The R9A06G061 delivers high-speed communication at up to 1 Mbps over long distances of a kilometer or more, without the need for relays, expanding the range of practical applications for PLC. Optimized analog peripheral functions reduce the number of external components required, allowing […]
Low-power FPGAs target cost-sensitive applications
The ForgeFPGA Family will address the underserved market need for relatively small amounts of programmable logic that can be quickly and efficiently designed into cost-sensitive applications. The ForgeFPGA devices will provide dramatic cost savings versus other alternatives, including non-FPGA designs. By providing a high level of integration, they reduce overall board and system costs. Their […]
Wireless MCUs support latest BLE 5.3 Spec
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that it is developing new microcontrollers (MCUs) that will support the recently released Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy (LE) Specification. The new devices will be part of the Renesas Advanced (RA) Family of 32-bit Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers, joining the RA4W1 Bluetooth 5.0 LE device introduced last year. Renesas expects to have the […]
