NEC Electronics Announces New Body
Control MCUs for Automotive Applications
New MCUs Offer Up to 1 MB of Embedded
Flash Memory for Advanced Body Applications
DÜSSELDORF (Germany), KAWASAKI (Japan) and SANTA CLARA
(USA) , February 9, 2006
NEC Electronics today announced a new line of
microcontrollers (MCUs) based on the company’s 0.15 micron process technology
with embedded flash memory optimized for automotive body and safety control
applications, the Fx2 series of 8-bit MCUs and Fx3 series of 32-bit MCUs.
"In recent years, there has been a rapid development in
automotive body applications to enhance the safety and comfort of passengers.
Systems including air conditioning, wiper controls, power windows, sliding
doors, seat controls, smart keyless entry systems, anti-theft mechanisms and
intelligent airbag systems have all increased in sophistication," said Yoshirou
Miyaji, general manager, Automotive Systems Division, NEC Electronics Corp.
"Accordingly, customers are looking for electronic components that can support
increased body application functionality. NEC Electronics first addressed this
need with the Fx2 series of MCUs, and to date,
NEC Electronics has shipped more than 2.2 million of these
devices to over 30 automotive electronics customers worldwide. "We’re excited to
provide these same customers with the nextgeneration capabilities of the Fx3
series."
The new product line-up is comprised of 29 devices: 13
based on the 78K0TM 8-bit CPU core and 16 devices based on the V850ESTM
32-bit CPU core. The devices are available in pin counts ranging from 44 to 176
pins, and memory configurations from 32 KB up to 1 MB Flash.
The 78K0 series uses SuperFlash® technology by Silicon
Storage Technology, Inc. based on the target application, all products support
the CAN and LIN protocol. The products in the Fx3 series of MCUs are pin
compatible with NEC Electronics’ previous -generation Fx2 series of MCUs. This
will provide current Fx2 customers with a smooth migration path to the Fx3
series devices.
Availability
Samples of the 78K0/Fx2 series are available now with volume production
scheduled for October 2006. Samples of the V850ES/Fx3 series will be available
in coming months with volume production scheduled for December 2006. Combined
volume production for the new devices is expected to reach 2 million units per
month in 2009.
About NEC Electronics
NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products
encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and
broadband networking markets, system solutions for the mobile handset, PC
peripherals, automotive and digital consumer markets, and multi-market solutions
for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has 26
subsidiaries worldwide including
NEC Electronics America, Inc.
and NEC Electronics (Europe)
GmbH. In addition to marketing, selling and supporting NEC Electronics
products to customers in their respective regions, NEC Electronics America and
NEC Electronics Europe also operate local manufacturing facilities in Roseville, California, and Ballivor, Ireland, respectively.
Additionally, NEC Electronics America for North America and NEC Electronics
Europe for Europe are the sales and marketing channels of NEC AM-LCD modules.
For additional information about NEC Electronics worldwide, visit
www.necel.com.
About Sunrise
Sunrise Electronics is the only dedicated franchised distributor in the UK
electronics market and provides a high level of technical design support to
customers for the whole range of NEC semiconductor products including
microprocessors, microcontrollers and ASICs as well as memory and colour LCD
panels. The field sales team is technically qualified to ensure total support
from design concept through to purchasing.
Sunrise is a direct ship
distributor. The majority of shipments are delivered directly to customers from
NEC’s own ISO9000 warehouse. This ensures reduced handling, correct packaging;
especially for fine pitch surface mount devices requiring vacuum sealing,
factory fresh product and timely deliveries.
