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Renesas Electronics Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended June 30, 2010

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:15:00 GMT

Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2010 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced consolidated financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2010.

Renesas Electronics Announces Forecasts for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2011 and Forecasts of Cash Dividends for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2011

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:15:00 GMT

Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2010 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced the revisions to its consolidated full-year financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, which the company announced on May 11, 2010. The company also announced its consolidated financial forecasts for the six months ending September 30, 2010 as well as its forecasts of cash dividends for the year ending March 31, 2011.

Renesas Electronics Announces �Growth Strategies and Structural Reform Measures� to Construct Business Structure Resistant to Market Changes

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:15:00 GMT

TOKYO, Japan, July 29, 2010 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premiere supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced a three-pronged business strategy including (1) formulation of growth strategies by optimizing business portfolios, (2) realization of merger synergies, such as the integration of development environments, technology platforms and various infrastructures, and (3) implementation of structural reforms to create a business structure with stable profitability and resistance to changing market conditions.

Renesas Electronics Announces Support for the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework 4.1 on its SH-2/SH-2A Microcontroller Series

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:30:00 GMT

TOKYO, July 26, 2010 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that its high-performance 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) SH-2/SH-2A™ core-based microcontrollers (MCUs) now support the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework 4.1. Renesas Electronics' support on the .NET Micro Framework enables system developers to build reliable industrial and information systems with convenient touch-screen applications and more secure network connections, while achieving faster time-to-market.

Renesas Electronics Introduces New CMOS Isolator Technology that Realizes Highly-Integrated Inverter Circuits for Energy-Efficient Home Appliances and Electric Vehicles

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:11:00 GMT

TOKYO, Japan, July 20, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced the development of CMOS isolator technology using on-chip transformers based on standard CMOS to achieve higher speeds and higher integration densities in inverter circuits. Based on this newly developed technology, Renesas Electronics has developed a prototype isolator chip, confirming its basic operation.

Renesas Electronics Introduces Two New DTV and Set-top Box SoCs for Digital TV Broadcasting Markets in Japan and South America

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:11:00 GMT

TOKYO, July 16, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of two new system-on-chips (SoCs) for digital televisions (DTVs) and set-top boxes (STBs), the EMMA™3TJ and EMMA3TS, specifically targeting the terrestrial digital broadcasting market in Japan and South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela.

Renesas Electronics Introduces New USB 3.0 Host Controller with 85 Percent Reduced Power Consumption

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

TOKYO, Japan, July 14, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of its new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) host controller (part number µPD720200A), featuring 85 percent reduced power consumption compared to the company's existing host controller (part number µPD720200) when peripheral devices, such as mice, are not connected to the ports.

Renesas Electronics Announces Development of New SRAM Circuit Technologies to Reduce Adverse Impacts of Random Variability in Scaled-down LSI Devices

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

TOKYO, Japan, July 13, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced the successful demonstration of new SRAM circuit technologies that reduces the adverse impacts of increased random variability in advanced LSIs at the 40-nanometer (nm) node and beyond, and yet continues to address the increasing demand for smaller SRAM devices.

Renesas Electronics to acquire Nokia's wireless modem business; Companies to form strategic business alliance for modem technology development

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Espoo, Finland and Tokyo, Japan, July 6, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Nokia Corporation, the world leader in mobile communications, today announced that they are deepening their collaboration by forming a strategic business alliance to develop modem technologies for HSPA+/LTE (Evolved High-Speed Packet Access / Long-Term Evolution) and its evolution.

Development of Close Proximity Wireless Technology with Integrated On-Chip Antenna

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT

TOKYO, Japan, June 29, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced the development of new technology that realizes a close proximity wireless communication over very short distances of a few centimeters, in which a compact antenna only a few square millimeters in area (about one-hundredth the area of conventional antennas) can be integrated with the transmitter and receiver circuit blocks in a single chip. The new technology can eliminate the metal connector in small equipment such as memory cards and/or wires in hinges of mobile terminal devices, where contactless communication has been difficult to realize.

Renesas Electronics Announces Development of On-Chip Inductor Technology with a Wide Inductance Variability

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT

TOKYO, Japan, June 23, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced the successful demonstration of variable inductor technology that has a wide tuning range for inductance with small degradation of the Q-factor values. The degradation level of an inductor (coil) using the new technology exhibits 50 percent smaller than those of existing technologies. Applying this newly developed technology, Renesas Technology has also designed an ultra-wide frequency range tunable oscillator using this on-chip inductor and has verified its basic operation.