Semiconductor technology, design, and process have been rapidly evolving ever since the beginning of this decade. The demand for commercial ICs is far from retreating and competition to secure a larger portion of the world market has been fiercer than ever before. The IC Design's team objective and target is to meet customers’ vision in developing ICs for finer and higher performance specification, and yet still have the ability to provide a competitive pricing through cost effective development.

The 3 semiconductor technologies which our IC design team utilize are Bipolar, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), & Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (BiCMOS). Through these technologies, the IC design team has contributed significantly to the growing list of Renesas' product lineup in both standard linear and Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) devices.

The end consumer products which these ICs are made for are in the audio visual segments. Standard linear devices such as op-amps and comparators are commonly found in consumer appliances such as portable disc players, radios, Hi-Fi sets & MP3 players, and thus are designed for general purpose usage. ASIC devices however are designed based on a customer’s specific needs and requirements. Some of the examples of ASIC design coming from RDM's design team are electronic volume control ICs, analog front-end ICs, voltage regulation ICs, I/O switches, audio/video switches & DC to DC converter ICs.

The future direction of the IC design team is to provide a one-stop support for our customers in the form of local & low cost design support. As the design center grows from strength to strength, the IC design team is continually maturing over time in terms of its technological capabilities to serve our customer better.