Advanced Flash Storage Solutions
for Automotive Applications
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Key Advantages
• Decades of innovation in the flash
memory industry
• Full portfolio of NAND flash products for
automotive applications
• IATF 16949 certified on embedded
automotive-grade products
• Expertise in system-level architecture
• World-class fabs and manufacturing factories
• Close ties with global automotive OEMs and
Tier-1 suppliers
• Partnerships with leading chipset vendors
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Driving Automotive Innovation
The automotive industry is going through a revolutionary stage — from the driver to
the driverless vehicle — generating a whole new world of applications around safety,
connectivity and entertainment. Among these applications, high-definition 3D maps,
advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS), autonomous computers, AI databases, data
recorders, enhanced infotainment, over-the-air updates, and V2X all require on-board
data storage. While the cloud is an important component for analyzing data to improve
algorithms and databases, it is not suf ficient to meet the needs of real-time edge computing.
Western Digital enables Automobile OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to create highly reliable
systems for their customers.
Providing a Complete Data Storage Solution
From the automobile to the cloud, Western Digital has a complete portfolio of storage
products to support current and future vehicle system requirements. Western Digital
offers embedded edge storage and removable storage for various automotive use cases
and data center solutions for capturing and analyzing massive amounts of data collected
from vehicles.
Western Digital automotive-grade flash products are IATF 16949 certified and AEC-Q100
compliant. In addition, these products are fully vertically integrated, designed in-house
and manufactured on dedicated production lines at Western Digital’s state-of-the-art
manufacturing facilities. Lastly, automotive-grade products go through rigorous testing
to ensure high reliability that is necessary for safety applications. This vertical integration
enables Western Digital to have tight controls on every step of product development and
manufacturing to achieve high-quality storage solutions. Western Digital also provides
supply longevity to reduce costs of additional qualifications.
IVI NAV/
INFOTAINMENT
ADAS
A Trusted Partner
Western Digital has been a storage solution supplier to the automotive industry since 2002
when it launched its first HDD for automotive. Since then, Western Digital has continued to
invest in the industry, launching new products at a regular cadence with automotive-grade
NAND flash products launching in 2015.
HD MAPPING
V2V/V21
COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL CLUSTERS
EVENT/
DRIVE RECORDERS
AUTONOMOUS
DRIVE
TELEMATICS
& OTA APPS
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iNAND® Automotive Embedded Flash Drives
iNAND Automotive Embedded Flash Drives (EFDs) are designed to support the harsh
environments, high reliability and quality required by the automotive industry. The
automotive iNAND product portfolio supports both UFS and e.MMC interfaces in a small
11.5×13mm package with a wide range of capacities to provide automotive OEMs and Tier-1
suppliers with choices that best meet their needs.
UFS Embedded Flash Drive
iNAND AT EU312, the world’s first automotive-grade UFS (Universal Flash Storage)
Version 2.1 based on 3D NAND technology, delivers higher capacities and up to 2.5
times the performance of previous e.MMC-based products. Utilizing the 5th-generation
SmartSLC technology, AT EU312 offers high performance and reliable writes.
Features and Benefits
• Fast boot, auto refresh, manual refresh, enhanced health status
• UFS 2.1 interface for high data speeds with additional UFS 3.0
automotive features
• Capacities up to 256GB in small form-factor BGA
• AEC-Q100 temperature grade-2 and grade-3
e.MMC Embedded Flash Drive
Automotive iNAND e.MMC embedded flash drives are based on e.MMC 5.1
standards and are available with 2D and 3D NAND technology. The EM122 is
already qualified and in production for many automotive designs. The EM132 is
the first 256GB and 3D NAND-based e.MMC in the automotive market. The drives’
advanced automotive feature set enables next-generation use cases in cars.
Features and Benefits
• Auto refresh, manual refresh, enhanced health status
• e.MMC 5.1 interface with additional automotive features
• Capacities up to 256GB in small form-factor BGA
• AEC-Q100 temperature grade-2 and grade-3
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Automotive SD Card
Automotive SD cards are ideal for automotive applications that require a removable
storage medium such as navigation map data and data/video recorders. Western
Digital (SanDisk), as a pioneer in SD cards, has shipped billions of cards and is well
known to both retail and commercial customers. Automotive-grade SD cards provide
a highly reliable data storage solution to capture and store the vehicle’s data.
Features and Benefits
• Auto refresh, manual refresh, health status, host lock
• SD 5.1 specification
• Up to 64GB
• AEC-Q100 temperature grade-3
Industrial microSD Card
Western Digital also offers extended temperature industrial microSD cards to support
customers who not only want a removable solution but also a small form factor.
Western Digital offers both SLC and MLC solutions to meet a variety of use cases.
Features and Benefits
• Health status, host lock
• Available in SLC
• Up to 64GB
• Supports extended temperatures of –40°C to 85°C
Industrial PCIe NVMe SSD
The need for high-capacity solutions continues to increase as the automotive industry
develops autonomous vehicles. Capturing and analyzing all of the massive amounts
of data from sensors and cameras requires terabytes of storage every day. This data is
analyzed to develop better algorithms to make vehicles safer. In addition, the data may
be used as evidence in the event of an accident or a legal or an insurance claim.
Features and Benefits
• PCIe Gen3×4 NVMe 1.4
• M.2 2280 and M.2 2230 form factors
• TLC and SLC storage options for high endurance of up to 24 PBW
• High capacities up to 2TB
• Supports extended temperatures of –40°C to 85°C
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iNAND Automotive Embedded Flash Drives
iNAND AT EU312iNAND AT EU312iNAND AT EM122iNAND AT EM122iNAND AT EM132iNAND AT EM132
One gigabyte (GB) i s equal to 1 b illion bytes, o ne terabyte (TB) is equal to one trillion by tes. Actual use r capac ity may b e less du e to operating env ironment.
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Automotive SD and Industrial microSD Cards
Interface
Form factor
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Capacity
Operating temperature
NAND flash technology
Speed class
Performance R/W
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Ordering Information
8GB
16GB
32GB
64GB
128GB
256GB
Solid State Drives
Automotive
AT L D332
Industrial Wide Temp
IX QD332
Industrial Ext Temp
IX QD332
Industrial Ext Temp
IX QD334
Industrial Wide Temp
IX QD342
UHS-1 104UHS-1 104UHS-1 104UHS-1 104UHS1–104
SDmicroSDmicroSDmicroSDmicroSD
8GB to 64GB8GB to 128GB8GB to 128GB8GB to 64GB16GB to 256GB
–40°C to 85°C–25°C to 85°C–40°C to 85°C–40°C to 85°C–25°C – 85°C
2D MLC2D MLC2D MLC2D SLC3D TLC
C10C10, U1C10, U1C10, U3C10, U1, U3, V10, V30
Up to 80/50 MB/sUp to 80/50 MB/sUp to 80/50 MB/sUp to 90/50 MB/sUp to 100/50 MB/s
Based on Western D igita l intern al testing. Per formance based on e.M MC high speed interface, usin g an 8-bit b us. Read and write speed s may var y depending on r ead/write
conditions. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes.
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Oper ation al temperature is define d such as - 40°C refers to ambient temper ature. +85°C refers to SMART co mposite temperature reported by the dr ive (when therma l throttling is t riggered).
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Measured with Cr ystalDiskMark , 1000MB LBA rang e, secon dary 1TB drive. S equential: 1T QD32, Random: 8T QD32. Perfo rmance may vary based on host dev ice.
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Susta ined pe rfor mance is measured by FIO 1.97, using 100% LBA range as a sec ondar y drive. Perfo rmanc e may var y based on host device.
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Endurance is ca lculated base d on sust ained s equen tial write oper ation without freque nt idle.