Phones with 16-megapixel cameras on the way

01/10/2011, It seems that there is no end to the obsession with megapixels when it comes to digital devices and now Japanese chip maker Renesas is promising 16-megapixel sensors for future phones. The company claims its latest image-processing system chip, the [...]

Nokia Sells Its Wireless Modem Business

07/06/2010, Nokia seems to be going through a rough patch at the moment, as the company has just announced that it will be selling its wireless modem business to Renesas Electronics Corp for $200 million, and transfer 1,100 workers to the [...]

Japanese Consortium Looking To New Mobile Platform For Symbian And Linux Smartphones

04/26/2010, It seems that at least six Japanese companies, which include NTT DoCoMo, Renesas Electronics, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic Mobile and Sharp, have teamed up to come up with a new mobile application platform which will target Symbian and Linux mobile operating [...]

Renesas ARM Cortex A8 announced

12/01/2009, Renesas’ latest ARM Cortex A8 has just been announced, where this application engine for mobile devices will target next generation handsets in addition to smartphones and netbooks. Known formally as the SH-Mobile Application Engine 4 (SH73720), this little processor is [...]