October 24, 2012, Renesas Devcon, Anaheim, CA—We talked with Philip Leung about the greater connectivity enabled by USB 3.0. The “U” in USB now extends beyond universal to include ubiquitous. The standard interface has improved ease-of-use and the ability to connect many different types of peripherals with a computer. USB has achieved significant market penetration…
October 23, 2012, Renesas Devcon, Anaheim, CA—we talked with Tad Keeley and Tsutomu Aoki about the various products and functions in analog and power. The smart society will require lots of power controls to manage the energy efficiently. The analog and power devices for smart infrastructure is expected to exceed $10 billion in 2015. All…
October 22, 2012, Renesas DevCon, Anaheim, CA—The senior executives described the efforts and results in the company since their acquisition of the NEC assets. They noted that the third DevCon had more attendees and 36 percent of those people were not from existing customers. They heralded their increasing number and value of ecosystem partners. The…
January 10, 2012, CES, Las Vegas—Renesas Mobile Corp. released a new family of LTE-based platforms for mobile devices. They also showed off a graphics engine. The SP2531 comprises a highly integrated baseband modem, an RF subsystem containing the RF integrated chip, front end module, a power amplifier and a power management sub-system. The company received…
December 15, 2011 – San Jose, CA – Renesas Electronics Corp. just announced the availability of their new embedded Flash memory IP for the automotive industry. Supplementing their 90nm process solutions, they have chosen to bypass the 65nm and 55nm nodes and moved directly to a 40nm process. This is a fully qualified automotive process…