Renesas seeks to keep its own process technology
Renesas seems to be bucking the trend of IDMs relying more and more on foundries for advanced process technology development.
Renesas believes in working (on its own or in collaboration) on advanced process development. With plans to increase sales in system-on-chip solutions and microcontrollers, it may make sense to keep the advanced process development in-house in order to have more control and direction for their major product offerings.
This, however, will not prevent it from outsourcing for volume production on advanced devices