Micron and Valens Demonstrate Industry’s First In-Vehicle Remote, Centralized Storage Solution
January 07 2020 - 4:01PM
CES -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), and Valens, the
leader in ultra-high-speed in-vehicle connectivity, today are
demonstrating the automotive industry’s first 1TB remote,
centralized storage solution at the Consumer Electronics Show in
Las Vegas. Based on Micron’s recently announced
automotive-compliant ball grid array (BGA) solid-state drive and
Valens’ advanced automotive connectivity technology, the combined
solution is capable of tunneling PCIe over long distances on a
single cable supporting up to 16Gbps of data transfer over
low-cost, unshielded wiring. Through this collaboration, Micron and
Valens are enabling next-generation automotive platforms that will
help fulfill the promise of autonomous, advanced driver-assistance
systems (ADAS) as well as tomorrow’s in-vehicle infotainment (IVI).
“As the automotive industry embraces higher levels of autonomous
driving capabilities, OEMs and Tier 1s are actively adopting
domain-based architectures,” said Reinhard Weigl, Micron’s senior
director of Automotive Marketing at Micron. “Remote, centralized
storage provides significant benefits over traditional local,
distributed storage in automotive applications to enable better
data protection and version control, while ensuring the highest
levels of integration at a lower cost.”
The MIPI® Alliance, a collaborative global standardization
organization serving industries that develop mobile and
mobile-influenced devices, recently selected Valens’ technology as
the baseline for its long-reach, high-speed connectivity A-PHY
automotive application standard. Valens’ automotive technology
provides resilient, ultra-high-speed in-vehicle connectivity to
meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s connected cars. Micron was
the first to introduce 1TB automotive- and industrial-grade PCIe
NVMe™ SSDs, which are designed for next-generation autonomous cars
and the industrial internet of things (IIoT). Taken together, these
solutions address growing data and connectivity requirements in
next-generation autonomous vehicles, delivering faster, more
reliable and cost-effective storage.
“Optimized in-vehicle connectivity and storage solutions are
essential to guarantee high performance, safety and security as we
move toward increasingly connected and autonomous vehicles,” said
Daniel Adler, vice president of the Automotive Business Unit at
Valens. “Valens’ ability to transmit PCIe for up to 15m/50ft
considerably simplifies the infrastructure and, along with Micron’s
remote, centralized storage solution, brings substantial benefits
to the sector.”
“In-vehicle architectures, along with the storage strategies
that are used, need to change,” said Ian Riches, vice president of
Global Automotive Practice at Strategy Analytics. “This will be
necessary not only to support automated driving in future
robotaxi-style vehicles, but also to offer advanced safety and
driver-support features in more mainstream models. Micron’s 1TB
remote, centralized storage solution and Valens’ long-reach,
ultra-high-bandwidth data transmission address these market
challenges, providing more flexibility and better performance, and
ultimately reducing total cost.”
Micron and Valens’ new storage solution allows architects and
designers to locate storage anywhere within the vehicle for optimal
use and fit, which will ultimately enrich the driving experience.
Micron and Valens will demonstrate this technology at CES 2020
(LVCC, North Hall, Booth 9005).
About Micron Technology, Inc. We are an
industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through
our global brands — Micron® and Crucial® — our broad portfolio of
high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM,
NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory and NOR, is transforming how the world uses
information to enrich life. Backed by more than 40 years of
technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable
disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine
learning and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like
mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics,
automotive, and networking. Our common stock is traded on the
Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology,
Inc., visit micron.com.
About Valens Valens Automotive, a
division of Valens, was established in 2015 with the singular goal
of delivering the world’s most advanced audio/video chipset
technology to the automotive world. Valens Automotive chipset
technology enables resilient ultra-high-speed in-vehicle
connectivity to support the needs of the connected and autonomous
car. Valens’ patented HDBaseT technology is used by the world’s
largest audio/video component manufacturers, enabling the highest
quality of connectivity without the limitations of legacy
infrastructure. Valens is a private company headquartered in
Israel. For more information:
https://www.valens.com/automotive-solutions, or follow
@ValensAuto.
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