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Introduction The SuperH family
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 inte-
gration 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.
More information can be found at www.renesas.com
Renesas Electronics owes its success to its outstand-
ing technology, its excellent quality and to its drive and
commitment to listening to customers and meeting their
needs. As a result, today Renesas is the world’s leading
microcontroller company, offering a huge range of 8, 16
and 32-bit microcontrollers.
Key features and advantages of the SuperH device families
The SuperH family
The 32-bit RISC SuperH architecture offers the highest
performance through its leading-edge technology. It
comprises a wide range of optimised, peripheral-rich
devices designed for an optimum cost/performance
ratio, making it suitable for a wide range of applications
including real-time control, high end motor control,
multimedia and highly sophisticated user interfaces.
The SuperH family is based on three device families
which offer upward scalability, software re-usability and
an optimised performance, as well as peripheral match
for dedicated applications.
>The SuperH controller (Flash) family is suitable for all
high-speed applications, such as factory automation,
motor control, induction heating, connectivity and any
development where a fast real-time response is
required. It features from 16kB to 1MB of integrated
MONOS Flash.
>The SuperH controller (ROMless) family has been
designed for general purpose, real-time, connectivity
and visualisation applications. These devices do not
have an MMU and are therefore suitable for running
RTOS and Linux.
These feature:
>A complete product line-up
>Outstanding memory integration
>World-leading embedded Flash technology
>Leading peripheral integration
>High-performance CPU’s
>Low power consumption
>Low EMS / EMI
>Advanced packaging options
>SuperH processor solutions (SH-3/SH-4A) from 200 to
1000DMIPS provide highly integrated systems
comprising various connectivity solutions like USB,
PCI or 2-channel G-Ether, with multimedia processing
capabilities for audio/video encoding and decoding.
SuperH
processor
SH-3, SH-4A
SuperH controller
ROMless
SH-2, SH-2A
SuperH controller
with Flash
SH-2, SH-2A
Increased functionality and performance
Software compatible from low to high end
Technical
>32-bit RISC architecture.
>Superscalar instruction processing.
>Advanced Cache concepts.
>Very high code density through 16-bit instruction
length.
>Integrated FPU with up to 4.2GFLOPS performance
and DSP extensions.
>Up to 2.5MB integrated RAM
Fast
>Performance from 50 to 600MHz, providing up to
2.4DMIPS/MHz with more than 1000DMIPS for top-end
devices.
>Renesas’ proprietary MONOS Flash technology,
the world’s fastest integrated Flash technology
supporting 10ns access time.
>SH-2A device architecture supporting the industry
benchmark of a 30ns interrupt response time.
Scaleable
>Software compatibility across the CPU cores for
software re-use from low-end to high-end and
scalability throughout the families.
>From 16kB up to 1MB of Flash (and even up to 3.75MB
for specific applications).
>Package options from tiny 7 x 7mm QFN packages up
to large 449-pin BGA packages.
Connectivity
>With all the connectivity features that you could wish
for on a high-end processor, the SuperH family offers
CAN, USB, Ethernet (including up to dual-channel Gbit
Ethernet) and PCI.
>Megapixel camera interfaces, SIM card, SD card and
TV output options.
Low power
>Setting the industry benchmark with leading MIPS/
Watt performance as low as 0.5mW/MIPS.
>Efficient power-saving methodologies that are easy
to implement.
Future-proof
>Forthcoming multi-core implementations for further
performance increase.
>Long-term product availability.