Wednesday, November 13, 2013: RXv2 Core Realizes Enhanced Processing Performance and Lower Power Consumption While Contributing to Higher Functionality in Embedded Systems TOKYO, Japan, November 12, 2013 – Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) today announced the development of a new, high-performance 32-bit RX CPU core, the RXv2, for embedded devices in the consumer, industrial, and office equipment fields. The new RXv2 core features increased performance from 3.2 to 4.0 CoremarkRMHz or 2.0 DMIPS/MHz, with a maximum frequency of 300MHz in 40nm.
It will also feature enhanced DSP and FPU capabilities. The new core architecture will benefit applications that require a combination of higher performance, and DSP and FPU capabilities on a single MCU, such as those for factory automation, motor control, signal analysis, audio filtering, image processing, and connectivity.
The RXv2 core is backward compatible with the Renesas RXv1 CPU core employed in the existing RX family of 32-bit CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontrollers (MCUs). The RXv2 contains all the instruction sets available in the RXv1 core, therefore applications developed for the RXv1 will be binary compatible with the new core.
