Samsung has announced plans to make major advances within the automotive industry with next-generation technologies such as LPDDR5x, GDDR7, and AutoSSD.
Samsung unveils “upgraded” LPDDR5X memory, future GDDR7 technology and new SSD types to increase autonomous driving levels
At the Investors Forum 2023 held in Hong Kong, Samsung Electronics revealed that it plans to establish a dominant position in the automotive memory market in the coming years. The company hopes to target the rapidly evolving field of “self-driving,” where on-board components such as memory and other technologies play a key role in a product’s functionality.
Samsung believes the auto market could see a major economic turnaround thanks to the AI boom. Sources report that the automotive system semiconductor market, currently valued at USD 50 billion, is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 17% over the next five years (2023-2028), outpacing mobile (6%). It is said that there is Performance Computing (12%) Sector. Numbers like this mean business for companies, especially Samsung. Because Samsung has access to both semiconductor and memory solutions within its arsenal, giving it an advantage over other companies.
To meet the computing demands of the “AI-inspired” automotive industry, Samsung plans to release a new version of its cutting-edge LPDDR5X memory type. According to rumors, this memory type is half the size compared to the original, but the performance efficiency has increased by a whopping 20%. The upgraded memory chips offer capacities from 2 GB to 24 GB, speeds up to 68 GB/s, 8.5 Gbps bandwidth per channel, and 561FBGA package, making them suitable for large-scale industrial applications.
Apart from new memory technology, the South Korean giant also plans to introduce removable automated solid-state drives (SSDs) as early as next year. It focuses on increasing data efficiency by enabling storage virtualization, allowing a single SSD to be partitioned for use by multiple SoCs. Performance upgrades become even more convenient. The car SSD is rumored to include: Capacities from 512GB to 4TB and speeds up to 6.5GB/s. These have the potential to revolutionize self-driving cars, especially supporting driver assistance and autonomy processes.
Finally, the company summarized the development of the GDDR7 memory type, claiming that it has the potential to play a major role in achieving higher levels of autonomous driving. GDDR7 is expected to have a bandwidth of 32 Gbps per channel in addition to transferring large amounts of data at 128 GB/s.
Samsung is shaping itself to play a key role in the transition to next-generation capabilities and aims to achieve a dominant position in the self-driving industry by 2025, primarily through advancements in its memory and storage portfolio. The aims.
News source: BusinessKorea