Pricing and Availability
Samples of the Renesas R-Car M2 SoC are available now, equipped in an 831-pin FCBGA (flip chip ball grid array) package. Mass production is scheduled to begin in June 2015 and is expected to reach a combined production volume of 500,000 units per month by June 2016. A low-cost development board implementing the R-Car M2 will be available from December 2013. (Availability is subject to change without notice.)
(Note 1) DMIPS (Dhrystone Million Per Second): One of the computer performance index calculated from Dhrystone benchmark program.
(Note 2) Ecosystem: The collectivity of development tools such as OS, compiler and debugger, developers, and solution providers focusing on a CPU architecture.
About Renesas Electronics Corporation
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), the world’s number one supplier of microcontrollers, is a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad-range of analog and power devices. Business operations began as Renesas Electronics in April 2010 through the integration of NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723) and Renesas Technology Corp., with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications. Headquartered in Japan, Renesas Electronics has subsidiaries in 20 countries worldwide. More information can be found at www.renesas.com.
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