The Renesas Electronics V850 is a 32-bit RISC CPU core architecture for embedded microcontrollers originally developed and manufactured by NEC, succeeded by V850 variants named V850ES, V850E, and V850E2 which run uClinux. Compilers available for it include the GNU Compiler Collection, IAR Systems and Green Hills' compiler, and Wind River Systems' Diab Compiler. There is a freeware V850 plugin for IDA Pro disassembler. Support for V850 was removed in the 2.6.27 Linux kernel.
Usage
V850 core was used in many DVD Drives manufactured by NEC and then Optiarc. Current V850 (as of 2013) lineup covers mainly automotive applications as well as connectivity and motor-control specific MCUs. V850 was used in automotive industry comprehensively.
References
V850 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA