Micron unveils key technology for self-driving cars

　　Self-driving cars require highly safe, reliable, and fast-response solutions that rely on instantaneous decision-making driven by massive amounts of data. In order to quickly analyze the data required for future self-driving cars, higher-bandwidth memory and storage solutions are indispensable. Let's follow the automotive electronics editor to learn more about the relevant content.

　　By 2020, storage requirements for connected cars could reach 1 terabyte, and fully autonomous driving will require more than 300 gigabytes per second (GB/s) of storage system bandwidth. As a leader in the automotive memory and storage market, Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) is uniquely positioned to help accelerate the pace of innovation in the industry.

　　Fastest LPDDR4 for Automakers: Micron is deploying automotive-grade low-power DDR (LPDDR) memory to a broad range of automotive industry customers. Micron today announced that it has begun shipping LPDDR4x to key silicon partners, which operates at 4266 megabytes per second (MT/s), the highest speed grade allowed by the LPDDR4 specification. This technology enables overall system bandwidth of up to 100 GB/s and paves the way for the design of next-generation autonomous vehicles.

　　High-Performance Automotive Memory: Micron also announced today that it is committed to providing high-bandwidth GDDR6 memory solutions for the automotive market. Graphics memory (GDDR) is a high-performance memory currently used in gaming, graphics and virtual reality applications. Micron plans to leverage its leadership in graphics memory to provide the highest bandwidth solutions to meet the stringent quality requirements of the automotive industry and actively collaborate with leading automotive partners and customers to enable GDDR technology to meet the needs of Level 4 - Fully Autonomous and beyond.

　　Autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are rapidly converging in future cars, becoming the ultimate IoT and cutting-edge computing devices. While cloud connectivity in modern cars offers new service opportunities, it also brings security management challenges and vulnerability concerns.

　　Introducing Secure Boot: Micron is extending the value of its hardware-based Authenta™ security solution by demonstrating the ability to securely boot systems based entirely on Authenta-enabled memory. This technology will provide a level of protection at the bottom of the automotive ECU software, starting with the secure boot process.

　　New Development Kit for Authenta™ Security Solutions: At Mobile World Congress, Micron announced plans to make the Authenta™ hardware and software development kit available to all automotive and IoT customers by the end of the year, allowing them to begin evaluating how to integrate Authenta technology-enabled flash memory into their security architectures for secure boot, cloud-based authentication, identity verification and deployment. This will allow customers to increase the defense depth of their solutions without adding additional hardware components to their designs.

　　Industry leaders gather for media roundtable forum

　　At a roundtable forum on the eve of Mobile World Congress in the United States, Micron and key industry partners discussed important technologies and solutions in the automotive industry that are driving the next wave of development of smart cars.

　　Jeff Bader, Vice President of Micron's Embedded Products Division:

　　“Micron’s innovation is essential to meeting the unique needs of the automotive industry. High-performance memories like Micron’s GDDR accelerate the overall system capabilities of the connected car by providing the raw performance initially required for full autonomy. With the addition of GDDR to Micron’s product portfolio, Micron is extending its leadership and continuing to drive innovation in the automotive industry.”

　　Krish Inbarajan, Global Head of Cisco Jasper Connected Car:

　　"At the heart of today's connected car innovation is the need to continually improve the driving experience by providing valuable connected services. Automotive companies should be able to create compelling new services to drive recurring revenue while making the driving experience safer and more personalized. Cisco Jasper Control Center is an automated connectivity management platform that more than 50 well-known automotive companies around the world are using to operate connected car services reliably, securely and at a lower cost."

　　Doug Seven, head of Microsoft Azure Internet of Vehicles platform:

　　“Security is at the core of the Microsoft Connected Car Platform. Vehicles will increasingly make autonomous decisions that impact the safety of passengers inside, other drivers, and pedestrians, so manufacturers need to have confidence in the integrity of these systems. Microsoft is one of only a few companies in the world with enterprise security built into our global cloud. Our commitment to compliance and regulation is the number one reason automakers trust Microsoft to help them build the connected car of the future.”

　　Tim Wong, Director of Technical Program Management, NVIDIA Autonomous Driving Division:

　　“AI in self-driving cars requires a new approach to enable the car to sense and process the massive amounts of data flowing into it in real time. We are working with automakers and suppliers to meet the requirements of this major industry shift toward autonomous vehicles by ensuring they use the most advanced processor and memory technologies in their vehicle designs.”

　　Sanjay Vishin, Director of Qualcomm Automotive Platforms:

　　“Smart car connectivity with 5G/wireless will be a game changer for ‘car-to-infrastructure’ and ‘car-to-car’ communications. It will bridge the gap between the car, its environment and the cloud, especially as cars become more autonomous. This will make machine learning in the cloud and car (and therefore services) more effective, while improving predictability and enabling efficient collaborative control of autonomous vehicles.”

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