Renesas

Renesas has introduced a high-end AI MCU family with triple processors and security. The highest spec devices in the ‘RA8P1’ microcontroller family combine a 1GHz Arm Cortex-M85 processor with a 256 MAC/cycle 400MHz Arm Ethos-U55 neural processing unit and a 250MHz Cortex-M33 CPU. “This combination delivers CPU performance of over 7,300 CoreMarks and AI performance of 256Gop/s,” according to the ...

Renesas is aiming at the high-volume vision AI market with a 15Top/s 10Top/s/W microcontroller. Called RZ/V2N, it comes with the company’s own AI accelerator, DRP-AI3. The 15Top/s (INT8) claim comes from sparse networks through the accelerator’s “advanced pruning technology”, said the company. On dense networks it can only hit 4Top/s, and its Resnet50 score is 769 inference/s. The main CPU ...

Aiming at industrial networking, Renesas introduced a Profinet-certified IRT (isochronous real-time) and Profidrive software stack for some of its RZmicroprocessors today at Embedded World in Nuremberg. Initially, the stack is for the RZ/T2M servo motor control MCU and the RZ/N2L industrial internet gateway MCU. Binary versions are available for evaluation, and licenses for commercial come directly from Renesas. Read all ...

Mouser is shipping a CO2 sensor for air quality monitoring that is “ideal for applications that must meet standards like California’s Title 24, RESET Grade B, WELL, UBA and ASHRAE 62.2”, it said. Made by Renesas, the single-channel, non-dispersive infra-red module is called RRH47000 and has automatic baseline calibration for measurement from 0 to 5,000ppm. Also in there are temperature ...

Renesas has introduced 100V high-power N-Channel MOSFETs that claim to deliver industry-leading high-current switching performance. Renesas has developed a new MOSFET wafer manufacturing process (REXFET-1) that enables the new devices to reduce on-resistance by 30 percent. The REXFET-1 process also enables the new MOSFETs to offer a 10 percent reduction in Qg characteristics (the amount of charge needed to apply ...

Renesas is to reveal the ‘8-in-1’ electric vehicle power axle prototype that it has developed with Nidec. X-in-1 axles are an attempt to put more and more of an electronic vehicle’s power systems in a single integrated unit. Last year, the two companies showed their 6-in-1 axle proof-of-concept, combining; motor, inverter, gearbox, dc-dc converter, on-board charger and power distribution unit. ...

Renesas is aiming at Intel’s Core Ultra 200V series of processors with a pair of power ICs. RAA225019 is a six-phase buck converter, designed to work with IMVP9.2 Lunar Lake processors. Integrated within is the switching controller, power mosfets and current-sensing. “Six phases can be distributed across three outputs – two SVID rails and one auxiliary rail,” said Renesas. “SVID1 ...

Renesas has introduced a four-channel IO-Link master for the industrial IO-Link bus, and a dual-channel resistive sensor signal conditioner. “IO-Link has become increasingly popular in recent years due to its ability to provide real-time data and diagnostics, and its compatibility with existing systems,” said Renesas, adding that it also offers remote configuration and monitoring. CCE4511 is the four-channel IO-Link master, ...

Renesas has expanded its R-Car family of driver assistance processors with lesser-performance additions to its V4 range – headlined by the two-year old V4H-7. With 34Top/s of AI processing, V4H-7 is aimed at Level 2+ and Level 3 automated driving, over-kill for Level 1 and Level 2 automation. The additions are: 27Top/s V4H-5 24Top/s V4H-3 17Top/s V4M-7 14Top/s V4M-5 11Top/s V4M-3 ...

Renesas Electronics has completed the acquisition of GaN transistor maker Transphorm. “With the closing of the acquisition now completed, Renesas will immediately start offering GaN-based power products and related reference designs to meet the rising demand for wide bandgap semiconductor products,” said Renesas. “Investing in the power business is an important part of Renesas’ strategy.” Other recent moves it has ...