Renesas Technology Corporation (ルネサス テクノロジ) is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer. It is based in Tokyo and has manufacturing, design and sales operations in around 20 countries with about 25,000 employees worldwide. Renesas is one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductor systems for mobile phones and automotive applications. It is the world's largest manufacturer of microcontrollers and the second largest manufacturer of applicat...
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Renesas Technology Corporation (ルネサス テクノロジ) is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer. It is based in Tokyo and has manufacturing, design and sales operations in around 20 countries with about 25,000 employees worldwide. Renesas is one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductor systems for mobile phones and automotive applications. It is the world's largest manufacturer of microcontrollers and the second largest manufacturer of application processors. Renesas is also known for LCD drivers, RF ICs, mixed-signal integrated circuits and system-on-a-chip semiconductors.
Renesas Technology is among the worldwide top 20 semiconductor sales leaders.
Renesas Technology was established on April 1, 2003, as a joint venture of Hitachi, Ltd. (55%) and Mitsubishi Electric (45%).
In April 2009, Renesas and NEC Electronics reached a basic agreement to merge by around April 2010. The new company will be Japan's biggest and the world's third-largest chipmaker.
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