Renesas Technology's SH77721 SH-NaviJ Series SoC is Ideal for Low-End to Mid-Range Car Navigation Systems
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Renesas Technology's SH77721 SH-NaviJ Series SoC is Ideal for Low-End to Mid-Range Car Navigation Systems

SAN DIEGO & SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—October 13, 2008— Renesas Technology America, Inc. today announced the SH77721 SoC (System-on-Chip) device. Its the first product in the new SH-NaviJ series, a new SuperH® processor that is tailored for low-end through middle-range car information terminals, especially small portable navigation units and dashboard-mounted car navigation systems.

The SH77721 builds on the technology that Renesas has developed in producing the popular SH-Navi series of processors now being used in many high-end designs. By integrating advanced functionality in a single chip and offering an excellent cost performance ratio, the new SoC device enables system manufacturers to migrate desirable capabilities downward into mainstream products that sell at lower prices.

Having established a leadership position as a supplier of SoC devices for high-end car navigation systems, Renesas aims to boost the sales of navigation products by facilitating the downward migration of compelling features points that previously couldnt be achieved, said Paul Sykes, MPU marketing manger, MPU group, Renesas Technology America, Inc. This new SoC offers optimized performance and features. It and the other SH-NaviJ devices now being developed let manufacturers produce systems that deliver unprecedented amounts of bang for the buck popularly priced products with must-have purchase motivators.

The main features of the SH77721 SoC device are as follows:

Price and Availability

Product Name

(Part #)

 

Operating

Frequency

 

Package

 

Sample Price/

Availability

SH77721

(R8A77721D03BGV)

  333MHz  

440-pin BGA

23mm x 23mm

  $47/ Q4 2008

About Renesas Technology Corp.

Renesas Technology Corp. is one of the world's leading semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, automotive and PC/AV (Audio Visual) markets and the world's No.1 supplier of microcontrollers. It is also a leading provider of LCD Driver ICs, Smart Card microcontrollers, RF-ICs, High Power Amplifiers, Mixed Signal ICs, System-on-Chip (SoC) devices, System-in-Package (SiP) products and more. Established in 2003 as a joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO:6501)(NYSE:HIT) and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503), Renesas Technology achieved consolidated revenue of 951 billion JPY in FY2007 (end of March 2008). Renesas Technology is based in Tokyo, Japan and has a global network of manufacturing, design and sales operations in around 20 countries with about 26,800 employees worldwide. For further information, please visit http://www.renesas.com

Note to Editors: A specification summary of the SH77721 SoC for mainstream car navigation systems is included in this release and a photo of the device is available.

Notes:

SuperH is a trademark of Renesas Technology Corp.

1 Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other product names, company names, and brands mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Specifications: Renesas Technology SH77721 SoC Processor for Low-End to Middle-Range Car Navigation Systems

Item     SH77721 SoC Processor
Type name     R8A77721D03BGV
Power supply voltage     1.25V (internal) / 3.3V, 1.8V (external)
Maximum operating frequency     333MHz
Processing performance     599 MIPS, 2.3 GFLOPS (at 333MHz operation)
CPU core     SH-4A core, 32-bit superscalar RISC type
On-chip RAM     ILRAM: 16Kbytes
Cache memory     4-way set associative type, with separate 32 Kbytes for instructions and 32 Kbytes for data
External memory     DDR2-SDRAM (DDR333) directly connectable to dedicated DDR2 bus

SRAM and ROM directly connectable to extension bus

Extension bus     Address space: 64Mbytes × 3
Main on-chip peripheral functions     Renesas Graphics Processor , display control
    Video input interface
    SD card host interface × 2 channels
    USB v2.0 host/function interface
    GPS baseband processing module
    FM multiplex decoder
    Controller area network (RCAN) interface × 1 channel
    Various sound interfaces × 4 channels
    Dedicated DMAC × 19 channels
   

I2C bus interface × 2 channels

    Serial peripheral interface × 1 channel
    Serial communication interface (SCIF) × 8 channels
    Remote control interface × 1 channel
    A/D converter (10-bit) × 4 channels
    Timer × 9 channels
    On-chip debugging function
    Interrupt controller (INTC)
    Clock pulse generator (CPG): built-in multiplication PLL
Power-down modes    

Three:
Sleep mode
Clock-stop mode
DDR-SDRAM power supply backup mode

Package     440-pin BGA (23mm × 23mm)



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Renesas Technology America, Inc.
Akiko Ishiyama, 408-382-7407
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