February
2005, Issue 175
A
Look at the M16C Lineup
Members
of the Renesas M16C family are packed with features.
Read on for a closer look at the R8C/Tiny, M16C/Tiny,
M16C/60, and M16C/80.
by
Jeff Bachiochi
When
I was asked to provide you with an introduction to the
parts featured in the Renesas M16C Design Contest 2005,
I did a double take. If my memory (which seems to be
failing more and more these days) is correct, I did
that a year ago! Ah, here it is, “Spotlight on the Renesas
H8 Family” (157, August 2003). Let’s see, Hitachi and
Mitsubishi jointly founded Renesas in 2003. Yes, that
was the H8 contest and those were Hitachi parts. This
time around, Renesas wants to feature the M16C parts
originally developed by Mitsubishi.
Renesas’s
focus seems to be in three main areas: mobile technology,
automotive equipment, and PC/audio/visual equipment.
The three customer-oriented product divisions include
general-purpose solutions, customized solutions, and
system solutions incorporating customer IP. Renesas’s
general-purpose division includes microcomputers, mixed-signal
products, discrete products, RF, memory, and LCDs. Its
microcomputers enjoy a hefty 40% of the global flash
memory market. That’s 150 types of devices covering
the 8 to 32 bit market.
