Interest in the automotive electronics segment is so high that telecommunications, robotics and microprocessors, and memory manufacturers show intreset . In any case, at a recent industry conferences CFO Micron Technology Maddock Ernie reported about the impact of the automotive industry in the memory market.
Let's start with the fact that in the coming years, the amount of memory required on-board devices to grow four to five times to reach one terabyte per car. but we will not forget that the capacity of the automotive market in times less than the market of personal computers or mobile devices. The growth will be intense, but in absolute terms to the rescue of memory manufacturers it will affect slightly.
For the specifics of automotive segment relates Maddock and healthy conservatism in the application of new technical solutions and standards. Certification and testing of new types of products last for a long time to ensure the safety and reliability of the vehicles and their electronic systems. For example, Micron is now working on products that will appear in cars only in 2019. And if we talk about cars in 2018, then they are no revolutionary new memory types we do not see. According to Micron CFO, the situation is somewhat similar to video cards market - it is also used for many years proven memory types . Of course, if you do not take into account the HBM and GDDR5X, who have not yet received wide distribution.