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Bringing storage related innovation to the intelligent edge, Micron announced that it is sampling 128GB and 256GB densities of its 96-layer NAND as part of its new portfolio of UFS 3.1 managed NAND products for automotive applications. With infotainment systems evolving to include high resolution displays and human-machine interface capabilities based on artificial intelligence (AI), Micron’s UFS 3.1 portfolio provides much-needed high-throughput and low-latency storage.
Micron UFS 3.1 storage offers two times faster read performance than UFS 2.1, enabling fast boot times and minimizing latency for data-intensive in-vehicle infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). UFS 3.1 also provides 50% faster sustained write performance to keep pace with real-time local storage needs of growing sensor and camera data for Level 3+ ADAS systems and black box applications.2
“The new engine of the modern car utilises centralised, high-performance compute to drive data-rich AI, computer vision and multi-sensor processing storage capabilities, resulting in a need for advanced storage and memory solutions,” said VasanthWaran, senior director of product management at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Micron’s UFS 3.1 portfolio is unique.
Micron has also made significant momentum with its Technology Enablement Programme (TEP) for DDR5, launched in 2020 to speed market adoption of the latest DRAM and prepare the ecosystem for the broad introduction of DDR5-enabled platforms, expected over the next year. The program has now engaged more than 250 design and technical leaders from more than 100 industry leaders, including system and silicon enablers, channel partners, cloud service providers and OEMs.
Market research and strategy consulting firm YoleDéveloppement (Yole) projects the market for NAND in automotive to grow to $3.6 billion in 2025, nearly quadrupling from $0.9 billion in 2020.As vehicles become more software-centric, these new centers of data require high performance storage to make large volumes of information readily available for near-instant processing. ADAS-enabled vehicles now contain over 100 million lines of code that must be stored and quickly read for snappier user experiences and quick decision-making at the edge.