[Courtesy of Samsung]
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics, the world's largest chipmaker, began mass producing 10-nanometer-class 16Gb DRAMs for automobiles, capable of withstanding extreme temperatures. With its new product, Samsung revealed ambitions for collaboration with automotive system manufacturers.
Samsung described the new premium memory chip as its most advanced automotive solution because it is more reliable, more power efficient and faster than predecessors. Chips installed in vehicles are required to withstand harsh conditions such as bad weather and heat created from engine parts.
"The 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM is our most advanced automotive solution yet," the chipmaker said in a post uploaded onto its news blog on Wednesday, adding that it has started the mass production of its LPDDR4X microchip which can withstand temperatures from -40°C to 105°C
With the 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM and 256GB embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS), released in February this year, Samsung targets the high-end automotive and autonomous vehicle market. "Samsung will continue to closely collaborate with manufacturers developing diverse automotive systems," the company said.
Samsung said the new chip is Automotive Grade 1-compliant, with an increased threshold of up to 125°C. It is 14 percent faster and 30 percent more power efficient than its predecessor.
The new DRAM and eUFS are capable of providing the top-notch data transferring speed and reliability required by autonomous vehicles and technologies featured in high-end vehicles such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
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