Introduction of Low Power Microcontrollers for Next Generation 8-bit Applications by Renesas Electronics
Renesas Electronics has introduced a new series of low power, high performance (MCU), making them ideal for such applications including battery-operated devices and household applications. The new RL78 MCUs feature operating current of only 70 microamperes per megahertz and standby current of 0.7 microamperes with the real time clock (RTC) plus a low voltage detection (LVD) functions active. The new MCUs are designed based on 130-nm process node capable of delivering Dhrystone million instruction per second (DMIPS) during its operation at 32 MHz. Read more
Development of High Threshold Voltage Control Nitride Semiconductor Power Transistor on Silicon Substrate by NEC
NEC and NEC Electronics made an announcement on development of high threshold voltage control gallium Nitride power transistor on a silicon substrate. The new product has improved the control and suppression of electrical currents when electrical power is off which is a required feature for the safe operation of consumer electronics as well as IT devices.The new transistor comes with a new structure for the layer just beneath the gate electrode, resulting in improvement in controllability of threshold voltage that intercepts electrical current as well as enabling the achievement in low power loss, high speed switching and high temperature operations. Read more
Release of New System LSI Devices by NEC Electronics
NEC Electronics made an announcement on development of new system-on-chips (SoCs), the EC-4260 (NaviEngine-MID) and EC-4250 (NaviEngine-mini) targeted to be implemented into automotive infotainment systems. The new systems were designed to meet the performance, peripheral set and software ecosystem which is demanded by high-performance application s such as navigation, infotainment and telematics systems. The new EC-4260 three ARM-11 base CPU cores operates at 1440 MIPS at 400 MHz, while the EC-4250 performs 960 MIPS using only two ARM-11 cores. The multi CPU core architecture in the new systems support symmetrical multi-processing (SMP) mode whereby single version of operating system is running on multiple cores and tasks are dynamically allocated to cores at runtime resulting in maximum utilization of available processing power. Read more
Development of 32Mb MRAM for SoCs by NEC
An increase in functionality of system LSIs has a direct effect in an increase in their power consumption. But there is an increasing demand in lowering the power consumption of electric appliances that use system LSI. The most effective way to decrease the power consumption in system LSIs is for them to enter into a standby state where their power will be cut off resulting in increasing demand in use of embedded non-volatile memory macros in system LSIs. Read more
