Autonomous Vehicle News
Samsung's UFS 3.1 automotive chipSamsung's automotive chip lineupSamsung's UFS 3.1 automotive chipSamsung aims to become the world's No. Earlier this month, it also received certification from C&BIS, a renowned automobile verification agency, for the UFS 3.1 chip’s performance stability.Since Samsung entered the automotive memory chip business in 2015, the company has been strengthening its high-tech chip lineup as global carmakers are rapidly adopting autonomous and IVI systems, which has upped the demand for advanced auto chips.In 2017, Samsung unveiled the industry’s first UFS for vehicles and has since been providing various vehicle memory chips such as AutoSSD, Auto LPDDR5X and Auto GDDR6. An electric vehicle usually requires about 1,000 chips compared with 200-300 chips per vehicle for the current human driving models. A self-driving car needs at least 2,000 automotive chips.According to market research firm Omdia, the global auto chip market is forecast to grow from $63.5 billion in 2022 to $96.2 billion by 2026.“We aim to become the world’s No. 1 automotive chipmaker by 2025 through the development of vehicle memory solutions optimized for customers,” said a Samsung official.In November 2021, Samsung supplied the Exynos Auto V7 to Volkswagen AG for the German carmaker’s IVI system, Car Application Server (ICAS) 3.1, developed by LG Electronics Inc.