Japan MCU Industry Overview
With their wide-scale availability of offerings, the wide range of applications of microcontrollers contributes to intense rivalry among the key market players. The major providers are in the process of the constant evolution of products, following different strategies to capture the market. The players look forward to strategic collaboration with other brands and joint product developments to develop innovative solutions.
June 2022: Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a strategic partnership with Cyberon Corporation to provide voice user interface (VUI) solutions for customers using Renesas' entire RA MCU line. The customers will have complimentary access to Cyberon's command-based VUI toolchain, enabling them to add voice recognition to various endpoint applications in home appliances, building automation, industrial automation, wearables, and many more.
April 2022: STMicroelectronics NV extended Microsoft Azure RTOS development across its high-performance, mainstream, ultra-low-power, and wireless microcontrollers. The Azure RTOS suite is fully supported in the STM32CubeIDE tool and the STM32CubeMX initializer, which can directly configure Azure RTOS components.
Japan MCU Market Leaders
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Infineon Technologies AG
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Analog Device Inc.
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Texas Instruments Incorporated
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NXP Semiconductor
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Microchip Technology Inc.
- *Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order