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Renesas Electronics Corporation is a major Japanese semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The name “Renesas” is a contraction of “Renaissance Semiconductor for Advanced Solutions.”
History and Formation
Renesas traces its roots to the semiconductor divisions of Japan’s leading electronics giants:
• In 2002–2003, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric merged their non-DRAM semiconductor operations to form Renesas Technology as a joint venture.
• Separately, NEC spun off its semiconductor business as NEC Electronics in 2002.
• In April 2010, Renesas Technology and NEC Electronics merged to create the current Renesas Electronics Corporation.
