Samsung makes embedded ufs for cars

Samsung has developed embedded universal flash storage for automotive applications. The memory has capacities of 64GB and 128GB and is based on the ufs 2.1 standard of the Jedec organization.

The speed of the embedded memory is identical to that of the ufs memory for smartphones and tablets that Samsung announced at the beginning of 2016. The sequential read speed is 850MB/s and the random read speed is 45,000 iops. Samsung emphasizes the features that should increase reliability, making the memory suitable for use in advanced driver-assistance systems, future dashboards and infotainment systems.

I/O problem recognition and recovery is done at the hardware level, using the MIPI UniPro protocol. The memory module controller contains a temperature sensor, which should detect whether the nand cells are exposed to too high or low temperatures.

Universal flash storage is the successor to emmc memory. From 2016, ufs has become the standard for the NAND memory of smartphones and tablets. It is expected that the automotive market will use more and more electronics, which manufacturers of memory chips hope to benefit from.