Renesas 365, Powered by Altium, Enables Software-Defined Product Innovation

Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altium introduced Renesas 365, Powered by Altium, a solution designed to streamline electronics system development from silicon selection to system lifecycle management. 

The new platform is the result of Renesas’ acquisition of Altium, and is built on the Altium 365 platform. According to the company, Renesas 365, Powered by Altium, eliminates inefficiencies, connects teams, enables solution discovery, and ensures digital continuity—accelerating development and empowering engineers to build better, smarter products.

Renesas 365 connects Altium’s advanced cloud platform with Renesas’ comprehensive embedded compute, analog & connectivity, and power portfolio. By integrating hardware, software, and lifecycle data into a single digital environment, it will streamline workflows, accelerate time to market, ensure digital traceability and real-time insights, and improve decision-making from concept to deployment.

“The introduction of Renesas 365 is a major milestone toward Renesas’ Digitalization vision. We envision making electronics design accessible to broader market to allow more innovation by creating an Electronics System Design and Lifecycle Management platform together with Altium,” said Hidetoshi Shibata, CEO of Renesas. “Renesas' expertise in embedded semiconductor solutions and Altium’s leadership in electronics design and collaboration will enable a first-of-its-kind solution. Renesas 365 transforms how intelligent, connected electronic systems are designed, developed, and sustained.”

Renesas 365 is built on five interconnected solution pillars:

• Silicon – Serving as the foundation for modern electronic solutions, Renesas 365 ensures that every silicon component is application-ready and optimized for software-defined products. Whether for ultra-low-power IoT devices or demanding AI-driven applications, Renesas 365 delivers silicon that seamlessly integrates with the broader system.
• Discover – Powered by Altium, Discover enables engineers to find not just components but complete solutions from Renesas’ comprehensive portfolio for faster and more accurate system design.
• Develop – Powered by Altium, Develop provides a multidisciplinary cloud-based development environment, ensuring real-time collaboration across hardware, software, and mechanical teams.
• Lifecycle – Powered by Altium, Lifecycle establishes persistent digital traceability, enabling seamless over-the-air (OTA) updates and ensuring compliance and security from concept to deployment.
• Software – Provides AI-ready development tools to ensure software-defined systems are optimized for modern applications.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.