<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
third-largest	O
automotive	O
semiconductor	O
company	O
and	O
the	O
largest	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
supplier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
has	O
presences	O
in	O
the	O
markets	O
of	O
analogue	O
and	O
mixed-signal	O
integrated	O
circuits	O
,	O
memory	B-General_Concept
devices	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
investment	O
,	O
Renesas	O
aimed	O
to	O
secure	O
150	O
billion	O
yen	O
as	O
fresh	O
capital	O
by	O
September	O
2013	O
and	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
it	O
for	O
investment	O
in	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
and	O
analog	O
and	O
power	O
chips	O
for	O
automotive	O
and	O
industrial	O
uses	O
,	O
plant	O
improvements	O
,	O
and	O
corporate	O
acquisitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
driver	O
IC	O
unit	O
of	O
Renesas	O
to	O
Synaptics	B-Language
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RL78	O
is	O
the	O
family	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
16-bit	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
Microcontrollers	B-Architecture
incorporate	O
the	O
core	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
NEC	O
78K0R	O
(	O
150nm	O
MF2	O
flash	O
process	O
)	O
and	O
many	O
familiar	O
peripherals	O
from	O
legacy	O
Renesas	O
R8C	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RL78	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
address	O
extremely	O
low	O
power	O
but	O
highly	O
integrated	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
applications	O
,	O
to	O
this	O
end	O
the	O
core	O
offered	O
a	O
novel	O
low	O
power	O
mode	O
of	O
operation	O
called	O
“	O
snooze	O
mode	O
”	O
where	O
the	O
ADC	O
or	O
serial	O
interface	O
can	O
be	O
programmed	O
to	O
meet	O
specific	O
conditions	O
to	O
wake	O
the	O
device	O
from	O
the	O
extreme	O
low	O
power	O
STOP	O
mode	O
of	O
0.52uA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RX	O
,	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Renesas	O
Xtreme	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
family	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
32-bit	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
Renesas	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
H	O
family	O
and	O
the	O
MC	O
family	O
,	O
launched	O
by	O
Hitachi	O
and	O
Mitsubishi	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RA	O
,	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Renesas	O
Advanced	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
family	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
32-bit	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
with	O
Arm	O
Cortex	O
processor	O
cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Renesas	O
RZ	O
family	O
is	O
a	O
high-end	O
32	O
&	O
64	O
bit	O
microprocessors	B-Architecture
that	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
implementations	O
of	O
high	O
resolution	O
human	O
machine	O
interface	O
(	O
HMI	O
)	O
,	O
embedded	O
vision	O
,	O
real-time	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
industrial	O
ethernet	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
6	O
protocols	O
:	O
PROFINET	B-Protocol
,	O
EtherNET/IP	B-Protocol
,	O
POWERLINK	O
,	O
Modbus/TCP	O
,	O
EtherCAT	O
,	O
RT/IRT	O
,	O
TSN	O
and	O
Sercos	O
III	O
.	O
</s>
