Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced two new MCUs, the RA8M2 and RA8D2, both based on 1 Ghz Arm Cortex-M85 processors. Renesas says that these new MCUs deliver an unmatched 7300 Coremarks of raw compute performance, the industry benchmark for MCUs. The optional Cortex-M33 processor enables efficient system partitioning and task segregation.
Both the RA8D2 and RA8M2 offer embedded 1MB high-speed MRAM and 2MB SRAM. SIP options with 4 or 8 MB of external flash in a single package are also available for more demanding applications.
The RA8M2 and RA8D2 Group MCUs are available now, along with the FSP software.
Last month Renesas announced its latest high-end motor control MCU, the RA8T2, that also has 1Mb embedded MRAM.
Posted: Oct 26,2025 by Ron Mertens
