The Micron 4150AT is a quad-port SSD designed to simplify data management in advanced automotive systems and was showcased at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany.
The platform is capable of interfacing with up to four systems on chips (SoCs) to centralize storage for software-defined intelligent vehicles.
The automotive-grade SSD integrates features such as single-root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) and a PCIe Generation 4 interface, to deliver enterprise-class speeds to consumer vehicles.
With random read and write speeds exceeding 600,000 and 100,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) respectively, the 4150AT SSD aims to handle data streams from multiple SoCs.
Its multi-port capability, according to Micron, enables connection to up to four SoCs, simplifying architecture and reducinge the need for extra storage devices, and the the SR-IOV capability delivers high performance for heavy multi-host workloads of up to 64 virtual machines (VMs).
“As storage requirements race to keep up with rich in-vehicle experiences featuring AI and advanced algorithms for higher levels of autonomous safety, this era demands a new paradigm for automotive storage to match,” said Michael Basca, Micron vice president of embedded products and systems.
“Building on our collaboration with the innovators redefining next-generation automotive architectures, Micron has reimagined storage from the ground up to deliver the world’s first quad-port SSD — the Micron 4150AT — which provides the industry flexibility and horsepower to roll out the transformative technologies on the horizon.”
Micron is currently delivering samples of the 4150AT SSD to automotive clients globally.
