Renesas Technology Corp. said that it has become the world's first company to ship more than 1 billion microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory (flash MCUs). Renesas Technology is the supplier of flash MCUs worldwide, and MCUs are positioned as the company's core product.
Since Renesas' parent companies, Hitachi Ltd, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation began full-scale production of flash MCUs in 1996, Renesas Technology has built up the extensive lineup of flash MCUs, based on proprietary flash memory technology and MCU technology. Building on the synergy effect of the two founding partners, the company produces in volume superior flash MCUs featuring excellent performance and reliability. Together with the world’s largest product portfolio of approximately 300 flash MCU models and its ability to provide support for a range of customers and applications.
