Wolfspeed Plans Bankruptcy as Renesas Disbands Silicon Carbide Team!

Wolfspeed Plans Bankruptcy as Renesas Disbands Silicon Carbide Team!

On June 2, news from Nikkei reported that with the slowdown in the electric vehicle market and the continuous increase in production by Chinese silicon carbide (SiC) manufacturers, the silicon carbide market is facing oversupply and price declines. This has led the Japanese semiconductor giant Renesas Electronics to potentially abandon the production of silicon carbide … Read more

Renesas Halts Silicon Carbide Plans for Two Main Reasons

On May 29, local time in Japan, Nikkei Asia exclusively reported that Renesas Electronics, a leading semiconductor company in Japan, has officially abandoned its plans to use silicon carbide (SiC) for the production of power semiconductors. The mass production plan, which was scheduled to start in early 2025 at the Takasaki plant in Gunma Prefecture, … Read more

Renesas Electronics Launches RZ/A3M, Expanding RZ/A MPU Product Line for Cost-Effective High-Performance HMI Solutions

Renesas Electronics Launches RZ/A3M, Expanding RZ/A MPU Product Line for Cost-Effective High-Performance HMI Solutions

Built-in 128MB DDR3L SDRAM reduces system costs and supports 30fps video/animation and camera display at resolutions up to 1280×800. May 19, 2025, Beijing, China – Global semiconductor solution provider Renesas Electronics (TSE: 6723) today announced the launch of a new high-performance microprocessor (MPU) – RZ/A3M, based on the RTOS-based RZ/A series, to meet the growing … Read more

Renesas A4T1 Internal Flash Operations – Unified API Layer Packaging

Renesas A4T1 Internal Flash Operations - Unified API Layer Packaging

Introduction This article is a small explosion worth revisiting in the future. First, we will thoroughly understand the code flash and data flash of the A4T1 platform and provide a unified encapsulated function for operations.(We will not touch the OTP area as it is very dangerous according to official warnings.) In the future, operations on … Read more

Renesas’ Acquisition of Sequans Delayed Again

Renesas' Acquisition of Sequans Delayed Again

👆If you wish to meet often, feel free to star 🌟 and bookmark it~ Source: Content fromSemiconductor Industry Observation (ID: icbank) Comprehensive, thank you. Renesas Electronics announced its acquisition offer for Sequans in September, which was originally set to expire at 11:59 PM New York time on January 22, 2024. This deadline has now been … Read more

Opening the FSP Configuration Interface

Opening the FSP Configuration Interface

4.4 Opening the FSP Configuration Interface If the target project is a new project, it can be compiled and run directly. However, if it is an imported project, you need to first open the FSP configuration interface to regenerate the FSP library-related code before compiling; otherwise, a compilation error will occur. The specific steps are … Read more

Renesas RA8 Series Tutorial | Developing RA8 Microcontroller Based on Keil

Renesas RA8 Series Tutorial | Developing RA8 Microcontroller Based on Keil

In the past two years, the microcontroller industry has also started to become competitive, with major manufacturers launching various high-performance microcontrollers.The introduction of the Cortex-M85 core microcontroller is as follows:When it comes to Arm Cortex-M core microcontrollers, the most commonly used development tool is still Arm’s own Keil. Indeed, Keil is currently the most mainstream … Read more

Collaboration Update: Renesas R-Car V4H High-End Domain Controller Integrated into Vehicles! ZhiXing Technology’s iDC 500 International Solution Goes into Mass Production

Collaboration Update: Renesas R-Car V4H High-End Domain Controller Integrated into Vehicles! ZhiXing Technology's iDC 500 International Solution Goes into Mass Production

Recently, the first mainstream domestic vehicle equipped with ZhiXing Technology’s iDC 500 integrated domain controller for driving and parking has officially launched. This also signifies that the iDC 500 has become one of the few high-end intelligent driving domain controllers to achieve mass production on a mid-level computing platform. Furthermore, the iDC 500 is a … Read more

Renesas Plans to Acquire Integrated Device Technology: A Step Towards Reviving Japan’s Semiconductor Industry?

Renesas Plans to Acquire Integrated Device Technology: A Step Towards Reviving Japan's Semiconductor Industry?

Renesas Electronics, a major semiconductor company in Japan, has confirmed its intention to acquire the American semiconductor manufacturer Integrated Device Technology (IDT), and is currently in final negotiations. The acquisition amount is expected to be around $6 billion. IDT has advantages in the design and development of communication semiconductors, which are core technologies for the … Read more

ThreadX Family Officially Returns with the Release of Version 6.4.2 After Transition to Eclipse

ThreadX Family Officially Returns with the Release of Version 6.4.2 After Transition to Eclipse

【Description】1. It has been almost 15 months since the announcement of the transition to the Eclipse Foundation on November 22, 2023, and we finally welcome the first version update. The transition took quite a while, but it has returned.2. Currently, any chip from any manufacturer can be used for free commercial purposes, which is the … Read more