Samsung Develops First 8th Gen V-NAND-based PCIe 4.0 Automotive SSD

TapTechNews September 24th news, Samsung Electronics today announced the successful development of its first PCIe 4.0 automotive SSD based on the eighth-generation V-NAND technology - AM9C1, which can meet the level 2 temperature test standard of the automotive semiconductor quality standard AEC-Q100 and can operate stably within the temperature range of -40°C to 105°C.

According to the introduction, the 256GB version of Samsung AM9C1 has about 50% higher energy efficiency than the previous-generation product AM991, and the sequential read and write speeds reach 4,400 MB/s and 400 MB/s respectively.

Samsung Electronics Vice President and Head of the Automotive Business of the Memory Division, HyundukCho, said: We are cooperating with global autonomous vehicle manufacturers to provide these enterprises with high-performance, high-capacity automotive products. Samsung will continue to promote the development of the physical artificial intelligence (PhysicAI) memory market covering from autonomous driving to robotic technology.

AM9C1 adopts Samsung's own 5nm main controller. Users can significantly improve the read and write speeds by switching from the TLC state to the SLC mode, among which the read speed is up to 4,700 MB/s and the write speed is up to 1,400 MB/s, while also enhancing reliability.

At present, Samsung's main partners are testing the 256GB version of AM9C1 samples, and this product is expected to start mass production by the end of this year. TapTechNews noted that Samsung Electronics also stated that it will launch AM9C1 products with various capacity specifications from 128GB to 2TB, among which the largest 2TB model is expected to start mass production early next year.