Representative products of the 1980s

Origin of founding, ROM writer "Promac"

This is a ROM writer developed and sold by Haruki Kamiyama (current Honorary Chairman), the founder of Macnica (formerly Japan Macnics), in the early days after the company's founding.

This product is at the origin of Macnica 's development, which is to quickly catch market demands and propose solutions.

Representative products of the 1990s

SCSI I/F card "MIRACLE SCSI"

As the technology demanded by the spread of the Internet becomes more sophisticated, we develop and sell original products such as LAN cards and SCSI cards. Because it matched the prosperity of expansion equipment by SCSI, it became a truly miraculous hit product.

Even customers who do not usually do business with us have been so supportive that they asked us, "Didn't you sell SCSI cards in the past?"

Representative products of the 2000s

Multimedia board “Marbo”

This is an interface expansion board designed for use in the development of in-vehicle multimedia equipment, drive recorders, surveillance cameras, teleconferencing systems, kiosk terminals, etc., capturing the trend of the times when DSP-based image processing is at its peak.

Starting with Marbo, Mpression has developed a wide variety of evaluation boards. Starting with high-performance FPGA evaluation boards, there are a wide variety of types such as media converters for in-vehicle Ethernet, high-performance power supply IC evaluation boards, AI GPU-related boards, and IoT evaluation boards.

Representative products of the 2010s

Evaluation board/development kit

When a customer considers an IC product, we plan from an engineer's point of view a platform that allows easy evaluation of performance and functions in an environment close to actual application examples, and easy concept verification before prototyping. We have developed a board that incorporates the detailed know-how that we have cultivated to reach the itchy place.

MAKERS support

In the development of electronic devices, there is a growing momentum for manufacturing, mainly by venture companies and individuals, that utilizes new manufacturing methods such as 3D printers and open source hardware, called "MAKERS". In order to support this manufacturing trend called the maker movement, Macnica has developed and sold ultra-compact Bluetooth modules with low development thresholds, and has supported the Maker Faire event, a festival for makers, for many years. Ta. We continue to support the activities of makers.

Automotive media converter

We develop and sell converters between Ethernet and in-vehicle communication standards, which are essential for product development in response to the age of car networking and CASE.

We have received a great many inquiries from customers who are developing in-vehicle products, and it has become a current hit product.

Initiatives in the 2020s
Planning and development based on SDGs and CSR (STEAM education support)

Programming education has become compulsory in elementary schools since 2020, and STEAM education has become required, so Macnica is promoting an educational content collaboration program called Tsumiki Project, which is an educational content collaboration program between companies that met at Maker Faire. As part of the educational program we developed, we are holding robot programming classes in various locations using full-scale models. We will continue to promote planning and development that can contribute to society.

Solving social issues through IoT/DX support and collaborative creation

In the recent era of IoT/DX, Macnica is also conducting research and investigation into elemental technologies to solve social issues and business issues of customers who have not used semiconductors in the past. For example, we are developing functional/demonstrative PoC using semiconductor applications such as sensors that leverage Macnica 's strengths, proposing ways to use semiconductors for new IoT/DX, and creating new demand. We are researching and developing not only electronic terminals using cutting-edge sensors, but also practical CPS (Cyber Physical System) that combines Cloud/System.

New value creation through open innovation

With semiconductors as the core, we combine different technologies, services, materials, new businesses, research institutes, startups, etc. with "technology", "things", and "new initiatives" to expand the possibilities of new semiconductors beyond the conventional extension. Instead, we are exploring new perspectives. By broadening our horizons and working on sustainability and new business possibilities, we would like to continue to sow new seeds while co-creating and accompanying everyone to solve social issues including SDGs and improve value. increase.