Renesas

Vector and SCSK have announced a bundled offering aimed at small electronic control units running on Renesas chips. The package combines Vector's automotive software tools with SCSK's engineering services, targeting the growing class of lightweight ECUs used in vehicles. The partnership signals continued consolidation in automotive embedded software supply as chipmakers and tool vendors align their products.

New patches have been posted attempting to add Renesas SH7305 CPU support to the mainline Linux kernel. The effort, reported by Phoronix, would bring the SuperH-based processor officially into the kernel tree rather than relying on out-of-tree code. It is notable news for embedded Linux developers and those following the fate of the aging SuperH architecture.