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Renesas Technology designs and manufactures highly integrated semiconductor system solutions for mobile, networking, automotive, industrial and digital home electronics markets. Established on April 1, 2003 as a joint venture between Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Renesas Technology is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world and the number one microcontroller supplier globally. Besides microcontrollers, Renesas Technology offers system-on-chip devices, Smart Card ICs, mixed-signal products, flash memories, SRAMs, and more.

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Thinking about the next Big One (for now)
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Electronics firms are thinking about supply chain risk management after a disaster-plagued 2011. Will they continue to do so?

Mobile device chip market grew 20% in 2011, says ABI
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Sales revenue from chipsets designed for mobile devices increased by more than 20 percent to $35 billion in 2011, while the total semiconductor market achieved 2 percent year-on-year growth, according to market analysis firm ABI Research.

Motor-control kit helps reduce design complexity, development time and cost
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Renesas has expanded RX MCU support with a brushless DC motor-control kit for energy-efficient applications.

ACE: Top exec finalists stood apart from crowded field
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The five finalists for the UBM Electronics ACE Executive of the Year Award distinguished themselves for leadership in a year when industry many leaders did yeoman work.

MONOS MCU features 40 nm flash, low power consumption
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32-bit automotive MCUs based on new RH850 core.

Japan earthquake, one year later: Reflections on unity
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Looking back, I am still struck by the unbelievable spirit of unity and camaraderie that brought Renesas together, the sheer scale of the support we received, the level of coordination we were able to achieve.

Elpida, the mega-merger, and what comes next
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How would the rumored mega-merger of Japanese chip firms affect the electronics industry at large?

Renesas samples low-power automotive MCUs
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Renesas has developed a series of 32-bit microcontrollers aimed at automotive applications.

Updated: Renesas rolls integrated LTE chip
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Renesas Mobile announced it aims to ship before the end of the year an integrated LTE applications processor, competing with a Qualcomm part slated to ship in June.

Rumored Japanese chip merger by the numbers
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Merging the SoC businesses of Renesas, Fujitsu and Panasonic would create a large company, but the exact size in sales is difficult to pinpoint.

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