Renesas Electronics Corporation is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, initially incorporated in 2002 as Renesas Technology, the consolidated entity of the semiconductor units of Hitachi and Mitsubishi. Renesas Electronics started operation in April 2010, through the integration of NEC Electronics. As of 2014, it was the world's largest automotive semiconductor maker,[6] and the world's largest maker of microcontrollers. The company also has presences in the markets of analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits, memory devices, and SoCs. Renesas strongly encourages its customers to purchase all Renesas semiconductor products through Renesas’s authorized sources: either directly from Renesas or through a Renesas-authorized distributor. Now Intersil, Dialog, Adesto, IDT are part of Renesas Electronics...