OREANDA-NEWS. Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of the new CC-RL C compiler for the RL78 Family of 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The new CC-RL C compiler takes advantage of the trusted RL78 MCU Group's low-power innovations and achieves increased processing performance to respond to industry needs for high performance and low power consumption in home appliances, industrial, and automotive systems.

Next-generation home appliances, industrial, and automotive systems require MCUs that deliver faster processing speeds to support the increasing diversity and performance of functions provided by these types of motor-based systems. The new CC-RL C compiler improves performance by three times compared to the existing Renesas compiler. Additionally, the interrupt response performance time is improved by six times, which ultimately provides customers significantly higher performance in application systems. The CC-RL C compiler also enables longer operating times for battery-operated home appliances and industrial equipment such as healthcare equipment and fire detectors, offering a combination of high performance and reduced power consumption for RL78 MCU-based design.

The new compiler is ideal for users working with the e2 studio (eclipse embedded studio) integrated development environment (IDE), which is being adopted on a global scale. The CC-RL C compiler will be available in both standard and professional versions, with MISRA-C functions in the professional edition.

Renesas Electronics continues to strengthen its robust MCU ecosystem, providing innovative MCU solutions, including IDE tools like the new the new CC-RL C compiler, to increase efficiency in customer development activities while improving performance and reliability to add higher value in user application systems.

About Renesas Electronics Corporation

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), the world's number one supplier of microcontrollers, is a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices. Business operations began as Renesas Electronics in April 2010 through the integration of NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723) and Renesas Technology Corp., with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications. Headquartered in Japan, Renesas Electronics has subsidiaries in approximately 20 countries worldwide.