MCUs move to 40nm process

摘要

Renesas is to move most of its microcontroller portfolio to a 40nm process over the next couple of years, starting with the soon to be announced RX64x family in 2013. Steve Gaines, senior manager of mcu product marketing for Renesas Electronics Europe's industrial business group, said: "Although parts made on our 90nm process provide more capability than is needed in most industrial applications, there are some customers who need faster clock speeds and who have memory issues, particularly with sram. By moving to 40nm in 2013, our mcus will be able to support 256k of ram on chip, as well as up to 4Mbyte of flash. And the parts will run at up to 240MHz." Rob Green, chief executive of Renesas Electronics Europe, added: "There's an expectation from customers that we maintain our quality levels. We're confident we can make the jump to 40nm and get the benefits of integration and lower power consumption."