Renesas Electronics Corporation, April 1, 2003—The semiconductor division of Hitachi, Ltd. and the semiconductor division of Mitsubishi Electric were merged. Combining Hitachi and Mitsubishi's advanced technology and extensive experience in the semiconductor field, RENESAS is a leading global supplier of embedded semiconductors designed and manufactured for wireless networking, automotive, consumer and industrial markets.
Renesas is committed to creating a world-leading solution provider to solve problems in the industrial, IoT, infrastructure and automotive markets. The company enhances its market position in embedded processing through acquisitions to enhance its position in power, sensing, connectivity and actuation.
Products include microcontrollers, SoC solutions, and a wide range of analog and power devices; Renesas Electronics provides security MCUs, interconnect chips, and more in the IoT field.
Renesas has successively acquired brands such as Intersil (power management ICs, precision analog devices) and IDT (analog mixed-signal products), further consolidating its position as the world's leading supplier of advanced embedded systems.
Renesas completed the acquisition of Intersil, a provider of power management and precision analog solutions, in 2017.
Completed the acquisition of IDT, a supplier of analog mixed-signal products including sensors, interconnect and wireless power, in 2019.
The acquisition helped Renesas move from sensing to processing, from analog to digital, from the physical world to the logical world, and to provide MCU with the computing power required in edge devices, thereby enhancing its core competitiveness in the IoT field.
