Düsseldorf, December 9, 2015 – Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced its successful development of a new dual-port on-chip static random access memory (SRAM) for in-vehicle infotainment system-on-chips (SoCs) in the 16 nanometer (nm) and later generations. The new SRAM is optimized for use as video buffer memory in automotive infotainment SoCs to realize the real-time image processing capabilities necessary for future autonomous-driving vehicle technologies. When testing the new SRAM in a state-of-the-art 16 nm process, it achieved both 688-picosecond (ps) high-speed operation under the low-voltage condition of 0.7 V … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces Development of an On-Chip SRAM to Enable Real-Time Image Processing Required in the Autonomous-Driving Cars Era"

CHANDLER, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2015 [NASDAQ:  MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today applauded the Linux Foundation for presenting its vision of the automotive industry’s future and the value of Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), in a session at the MOST^® Cooperation’s Interconnectivity Conference Asia 2015, which was recently held in Tokyo.  During their presentation titled “How Open Source Collaboration Is Transforming the Automotive Industry,” the Linux Foundation highlighted the importance of collaborating to build the car of the future. They further indicated that rapid innovation can be accomplished by leveraging … Read More → "Microchip Applauds Linux Foundation’s Vision of How Open-Source Collaboration is Transforming the Automotive Industry"