Nota AI Korea and Renesas, collaborate on driver monitoring AI for RA8P1 Microcontroller On July 2, Nota AI announced a collaboration with Renesas Electronics Corporation to deliver an optimized driver monitoring system (DMS) on Renesas' RA8P1 MCU (Microcontroller Unit). Powered by NetsPresso, Nota AI's proprietary AI model optimization platform, the company delivers lightweight, deployment-ready models for a broad range of Renesas hardware. Nota...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/02

Renesas Electronics likely to post JPY 250 billion loss relating to restructuring of Wolfspeed Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas Electronics) announced on June 23 that it is likely to post a loss of about JPY 250 billion relating to the restructuring of Wolfspeed, Inc. (Wolfspeed), a U.S.-based silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor manufacturer, to process a deposit it paid to the company. Wolfspeed is expected to file for proceedings under ...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/24

for mass-produced products with the new investment by Honda, and to further develop new customers. Honda has been focusing its efforts on the field of semiconductors, including collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC) for the procurement of semiconductors, and with Renesas Electronics Corporation for the development of system-on-chip (SoC) products. Honda intends to strengthen its semiconductor supply chains thro...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/12

Renesas, GUET to establish joint lab for embedded AI Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) will establish a joint lab for embedded AI with Guilin University Of Electronic Technology (GUET). The two parties will launch comprehensive cooperation on embedded AI from perspectives such as textbook publication, course design, graduation design, and discipline competitions to support teaching and research innovation in areas such as AI, integrated c...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/10

Renesas-SCUT joint lab for embedded AI inaugurated Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) announced the inauguration of a joint lab for embedded AI established with the South China University of Technology (SCUT). Based on their existing foundation of cooperation, the two parties hope to fully leverage their respective resources and technology advantages to achieve complementation of their strengths through collaborative innovation, deepen mul...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/26

Renesas opens Semiconductor Design Centre for 3nm chips in India On May 12, the Minister for Electronics & Information Technology inaugurated two new state-of-the-art design facilities of Renesas Electronics India Private Limited, located in Noida and Bengaluru. These are India’s first design centers to work on 3-nanometer chip design.  The new Bengaluru office is Renesas’ largest site in India. It brings together approximately 500 team memb...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/14

Denso to sell most of its Renesas shares Denso Corporation (Denso) announced that it will sell a portion of its investment securities holdings of Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas). It will sell 73.9 million shares, which is equivalent to 4.1% of the issued shares excluding treasury shares, and post JPY 105.8 billion in gains on the sale of the investment securities under extraordinary gains in the non-consolidated results for the fiscal y...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/14

Auto Shanghai 2025: Renesas unveils virtualization platform co-developed with ThunderSoft Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) announced that it unveiled the lightweight ZCU virtualization platform co-developed with Thunder Software Technology Co., Ltd. (ThunderSoft) at the Auto Shanghai 2025. The platform combines the high computing power, high integration and high reliability of Renesas’ high-performance RH850/U2A automotive MCU with Thu...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/05

US tariffs: Renesas Electronics President Shibata expresses concern over shipment decline, with strong shipments to China Hidetoshi Shibata, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas), which is a leading automotive semiconductor manufacturer, said at an online conference announcing the company’s financial results for the March-January quarter of 2025 that the additional tariffs proposed by the Trump...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/02

Renesas Electronics announces new automotive Bluetooth Low Energy system-on-chip Renesas Electronics Corporation has launched a new “DA14533” system-on-chip (SoC) that supports automotive Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology. The new SoC, which is compact and reduces power consumption, can be applied for various automotive applications. The wireless SoC also contributes to the weight reduction of vehicles. It is a 3.5 mm square package that ...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/07

Renesas joins eSync Alliance, USA On March 18, the eSync Alliance announced that Renesas Electronics Corporation has joined the global eSync Alliance, becoming the latest sector specialist to take advantage of opportunities surrounding software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The eSync Alliance is a non-profit trade association driving a multi-company solution for Over-the-Air (OTA) updates and diagnostics data in the automotive electronics space. Renes...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/21

Renesas, Midea forge partnership Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) signed a cooperation agreement with Midea. The two companies will launch in-depth cooperation in areas such as innovation of semiconductor technology, application of edge AI, and global supply to offer consumers green, safe, and efficient products and services. Renesas, a core semiconductor supplier to Midea, has been providing semiconductor solutions with high performance...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/18

Renesas and Altium develop electronics design platform Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) and Altium Limited (Altium), a US firm specializing in electronics design software, have developed an electronics design platform. The solution is designed to streamline the system development from silicon selection to lifecycle management. It is expected to be available in early 2026. The Renesas 365 will help enhance efficiency in electronic design,...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/11

Honda and Renesas sign agreement to develop high-performance SoC for SDV On January 7 at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Honda Motor and Renesas Electronics announced that they have signed an agreement to develop a high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) for software-defined vehicles (SDVs).  The new SoC is designed to deliver leading-edge AI performance of 2,000 TOPS combined with a world-class power efficiency of 20 TOPS/W, and is slated for use in futur...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/08

sness and flexibility, while the 0 Saloon, a flagship model, showcases sporty styling and an advanced driving experience. Both models will also benefit from a new energy service, the Home Energy Management System, which reduces environmental impact and enhances user convenience. In partnership with Renesas Electronics, Honda is developing a high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) for future 0 Series models, which will enable advanced vehicle functi...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/08

South Korea’s StradVision signs a master license agreement with Renesas South Korea’s StradVision Inc. (StradVision) announced that it signed a master license agreement with Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) to strengthen their partnership. Based on the deal, Renesas will integrate its R-Car system-on-chip (SoC) platform with StradVision’s SVNet software AI-based vision software. That made offering a pre-validated, market-ready ADAS...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/25

Renesas, Gotion High-tech forge energy partnership Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) signed an energy cooperation agreement with Gotion High-tech Co., Ltd. (Gotion High-tech). The two companies have been cooperating closely in the BMS (battery management system) industry. Under this agreement, they will cooperate in depth in the New Energy BMS industry to further enhance Gotion High-tech’s competitiveness in intelligence, connectivity, ...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/03

Renesas and Nidec develop 8-in-1 PoC for e-Axles Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas Electronics) announced that it has jointly developed with Nidec Corporation (Nidec) the world’s first 8-in-1 proof of concept (PoC) for e-Axle systems for electric vehicles (EVs), which controls eight functions using a single microcontroller (MCU). Together with the motor and gear from Nidec, the eight functions controlled in this PoC include the inverter ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/19

Renesas, Uni-Sentry forge partnership for auto information security Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) signed a cooperation agreement with Shanghai Uni-Sentry Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (Uni-Sentry), a supplier of automotive information security tool chains and automotive chip-level security modules. Under the agreement, the two companies will deepen cooperation on automotive information security. Leveraging Renesas’ automotive-gra...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/18

Renesas Electronics to reduce production of automotive semiconductors On October 31, Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas Electronics) announced its plan to reduce production of its mainstay automotive semiconductors. While the company saw recovery in the supply of automotive semiconductors after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, it now has overstocked inventories. Renesas Electronics will reduce production and reconsider the start date of vo...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/01