NEC Electronics Corporation was established 1 November 2002. It states it has 23,110 employees, sales of $6.9 billion in value (fiscal year 2007 ended 31 March 2008) and spends $1.12 billion on R&D. Products include image processors, microwave communications systems, SoCs, MCUs, high-speed optocouplers, powerMOSFETs and automotive gateway controllers, among many others.
NEC H.264 HD video decoder for set-tops August 24 2009 - NEC Electronics has an image-processing system-on-chip (SoC) device for set-top boxes which is compliant with H.264 high definition (HD), the next-generation image-compression standard... more
NEC NP-Series 100V DPAK mosfets for automotive use July 14 2009 - NEC has released 100V DPAK mosfets for automotive use. An expansion of the NP-Series, the NP28N10SDE and NP36N10SDE can switch currents up to 28A and 36A respectively. Based on the firm's UMOS-2 technology, the devices have RDS(subon) values of 41 and 27m[ohm] respectively. ... more
NEC IMAPCAR2 image processor December 02 2008 - NEC has introduced its second generation of image processors for automotive safety systems. ... more
NEC Electronics SoC with 90-nm eDRAM for mobile VGA graphics applications July 03 2008 - NEC Electronics has started shipment of the µPD809400 for mobile phones, music players, and other portable devices that integrates 8 megabits of embedded DRAM (eDRAM) memory with graphics processing logic and a high-speed graphics data interface. ... more
NEC Electronics 32-bit MCUs for industrial USB connectivity May 19 2008 - The NEC Electronics 32-bit V850ES/Jx3 MCUs execute USB 2.0 data transfers at high speeds up to 12 megabits per second and enable rapid development of USB connectivity in printers that support direct image transfers from digital cameras, in audio systems that support music data transfers via USB memory, and in a variety of other consumer and industrial applications.... more
NEC introduces new high-speed optocouplers May 08 2008 - NEC Electronics Europe today announced five new high-performance optocouplers for industrial and motor control applications.... more
NEC Electronics P-channel PowerMOSFETs January 10 2008 - NEC Electronics Europe extends its portfolio of P-channel PowerMOSFETs - devices in DPAK/D2PAK available with very low on-state resistance... more