Micron announces next-gen automotive storage solutions

BOISE, USA: Micron Technology Inc. expanded its automotive storage solutions portfolio with the introduction of their M500IT solid-state drive (SSD) in densities ranging from 60GB to 240GB and embedded multimedia card (e•MMC) 5.0 memory. Both solutions are specifically designed to enhance automotive applications.

Micron’s M500IT solid state drive (SSD) is the industry’s first automotive-grade SSD with AEC-Q100-compliant NAND flash memory components and system-level qualification in select automotive applications and conditions. The M500IT is dramatically faster than hard disk drive (HDD) technologies, enabling nearly instantaneous system response times and fast application loads that are critical to the increasingly media-rich automotive experience.

The M500IT SSD also includes hardware-based encryption, data-at-rest protection against unexpected power loss and an adaptive thermal monitoring system to secure user data at extended temperatures. The M500IT SSD uses AEC-Q100-compliant NAND flash memory technology and customized firmware to provide high quality and high performance for demanding automotive applications.

As a vertically integrated supplier, Micron builds its SSDs from start to finish, with the unique ability to ensure end-to-end quality and design SSDs with application-optimized memory components. Micron’s expertise in DRAM, NOR and NAND Flash memory technologies translates seamlessly to their SSDs, providing the quality, reliability and application expertise that only a trusted memory manufacturer can provide.