Renesas Technology has started full production of RX610 microcontrollers which are based on its new unifying RX CPU core.

The RX CPU implements a complex instruction set computer (CISC) architecture that integrates and will extend the capabilities of its established 16-bit and 32-bit MCU product families.

With 1.65 MIPS/MHz processing performance, the RX610 products incorporate up to 2Mbyte of on-chip flash, with 0.5mA/MHz power specification.

There are eight devices in the RX610 family with memory starting from 768kbyte flash with 128kbyte RAM up to 2Mbyte flash with 128kbyte RAM.

The embedded flash memory can be accessed at 100 MHz without wait state insertion. This enables maximum performance levels at any CPU frequency up to 100 MHz, without any limitation from flash technology.

The MCUs come in 144-pin LQFP and 176-pin BGA packages. 

For more info see: http://www.renesas.com