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• Chips 24 May 09:15

  Renesas ties up with TSMC

  Troubled Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics has signed a pact with TSMC in a bid to keep up with its competition while it is suffering from heavy losses.
• Chips 16 Feb 08:45

  Intel's Ivy Bridge delayed - report

  One group that will be happy are the USB 3.0 chipmakers such as Renesas, ASMedia and Etron allowing them to earn an extra quarter of sales.
• Business 08 Feb 10:07

  Renesas, Fujitsu and Panasonic to merge chip operations

  Three chip makers, Renesas, Fujitsu and Panasonic, have decided that the only way they can compete is by merging their operations.
• Chips 18 Nov 09:59

  Semiconductor industry heads to Mount Doom

  Some of the major players are stopping the industry from falling into a slump. Though plenty Q4 projections are pessimistic, companies like Intel, Samsung, Renesas, Qualcomm and AMD all think the last quarter will be strong enough, in turn saving the market from drooping or stagnating.
• Hardware 09 Sep 13:57

  Intel and friends working on USB power source

  Intel's involvement is interesting considering how long it dragged its heels on integrated USB 3.0 chips, compared to AMD. Anyway, along with Microsoft, what is left of HP, Renesas Electronics, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, Intel will introduce the technology to the USB Implementers Forum in ea
• Chips 04 Jul 16:11

  SIA finally releases semiconductor fab capacity report

  “Either then the fab is never reopened (Freescale) or comes back active (Renesas) and the capacity jumps back up again, albeit not to the same level.
• Hardware 10 May 15:37

  Scrimping hard disk manufacturers not helping supply shortage

  This is despite the likes of Texas Instruments and Renesas Electronics both working hard to get their supply back on track.
• Business 29 Apr 11:06

  Tablet, chip and car component shortages continue post-quake

  USB 3.0 chips are another source of concern with short supply at Renesas likely to be offset by production moving to Taiwanese suppliers.
• Chips 18 Apr 11:35

  Chip revenues up 30 percent to $300 billion in 2010

  However Rohm, Renesas, Nvidia and MediaTek trailed market expectations by 10 percent.
• Chips 21 Mar 16:24

  Supply of worldwide semi wafers is in deep jeopardy

  Japan's earthquake and tsunamiRenesas, too, is suffering from the effects of the earthquake, said IHS iSuppli – and is only able to produce 40 percent of its wafer capacity, while half the wafer capacity at Fujitsu has been damaged. Fujitsu is estimating it will take between three or four weeks to start production again.
• Business 21 Mar 15:34

  Some fabs reopen in Japan

  Japan's earthquake and tsunamiOne company is Renesas Electronics, which had a number of production facilities affected by the the earthquake. As well as already restarting production at two facilities north of Tokyo the company has announced plans to restart another five facilities, which were shut down last week.
• Chips 18 Mar 10:25

  Aftershocks mean Japanese semi production stalled

  Japan's earthquake and tsunamiRenesas Electronics
• Chips 16 Mar 09:39

  Toshiba renews Rambus licence

  Other licensees include Renesas, AMD, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Elpida,  Intel and others.  Rambus has a reputation for fierce litigation and has conducted many lengthy court cases to establish that it does own a heap of memory patents.
• Internet 14 Feb 11:24

  ARM shares rise as it looks to LTE

  MWC 2011Members of ARM’s Partner Community, which includes Samsung, Renesas Mobile, Qualcomm and others also highlighted the importance that ARM has to play in the move to the next generation of mobile devices.
• Chips 25 Jan 09:53

  Toshiba eyes up GlobalFoundries for outsourced chips

  GlobalFoundries already has an outsourcing deal with Renesas Electronics and hopes to expand its Japanese business by supplying chips to more companies in the region.
• Chips 18 Jan 13:39

  TSMC increases R&D spend by nearly 50 percent

  This increase secured it the tenth spot on the list, beneath a number of other big names who have been spending big time on research lately. Intel topped the list, with Samsung and STMicro taking second and third slots respectively.
• Hardware 06 Jan 09:41

  Renesas chip allows 16 megapixel smartphone cameras

  Renesas Electronics has announced the development of a new high performance image processing chip which will enable smartphone camera resolutions to 16 megapixels.
• Hardware 04 Jan 16:09

  Gigabyte announces Mini-ITX motherboard with AMD Fusion support

  CES 2011Other features include an On/Off Charge for quick charging of devices like smartphones and tablets, 3x USB Power Boost and an onboard Renesas NEC controller for USB 3.0. When coupled with an AMD processor and graphics card it supports Blu-ray and high-definition 7.1 surround sound.

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