SanDisk announced new automotive grade flash storage lineup eyeing connected cars market
SanDisk Corporation, pioneer in flash storage solutions has today announced a new lineup of automotive grade NAND flash solutions. The new lineup is meant for next generation connected cars and automotive infotainment systems. SanDisk Automotive storage solutions will be reliable, optimized for performance and enabled for wide range of in-vehicle applications including mapping and advanced augmented reality, entertainment systems, driver assist tech, event recording etc. Given that there will be atleast 250 million connected vehicles on roads by 2020, one who pioneers the storage solutions for this industry will see massive gain in the new decade. The new lineup is available for automotive manufacturer worldwide, starting this week.
SanDisk SD card and iNAND embedded flash drive (EFD) are announced today and will come with memory options unto 64GB. Both these are AEC-Q100 certified to meet reliability, endurance, quality and temperature demands of automative market.
“Flash is enabling dramatic innovation in the auto industry and is expected to transform the car into one of the most connected devices we own,” said Drew Henry, senior vice president and general manager, Mobile and Connected Solutions, SanDisk. “Our vertical integration and deep flash expertise uniquely enables us to architect our automotive grade storage solutions to provide the responsiveness needed to support new and emerging connected applications, as well as offer the reliability and trusted performance that’s absolutely critical for the automotive market.”
“It is increasingly becoming clear that tier 1 auto makers will no longer just compete on the road-performance, comfort and gas mileage they offer, but also the infotainment and connected car experiences they deliver to drivers. For these types of applications, the responsiveness and capacity of flash makes it the ideal storage medium,” said Richard Robinson, Director of the Global Automotive Practice at Strategy Analytics.
SanDisk Automotive Storage Solutions Features and Specifications:
- Up to 64GB
- Works in temperatures from –40oC to 85oC
- Enhanced power immunity
- Up to 2 boot/2 user partitions
- Meets AEC-Q100 specifications
SanDisk Automotive iNAND EFD only:
- eMMC 4.51 HS200 specification
- Up to 30 sequential write/ up to 120 MB/s sequential read
