Paper Title: F-RAM for Automotive Event Data Recording in ADAS

Paper Abstract: Emerging assisted and autonomous automotive driving systems are placing increased demands on processing and data storage applications. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) require reliable capture of camera, ultra-sonic, radar and LIDAR sensor data, ensuring proper operation and guaranteeing complete, high-fidelity data records in case of power loss. All of this must happen while operating in harsh, sometimes uncontrolled, automotive environments requiring high-reliability nonvolatile storage with extended endurance cycling, data retention and product life. Traditional technologies, such as EEPROM and FLASH, fail to meet these requirements without mitigating for their shortcomings for data capture. F-RAMs are capable of wide-voltage-range operation, delivering up to 100 trillion endurance cycles and more than 100-year data retention, and offer distinct advantages for data capture at the moment power is lost during an accident. Performance and reliability data will be presented to demonstrate the successful use of F-RAMs for this application.

Paper Author: Doug Mitchell, Member of the Professional Staff, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

Author Bio: Doug Mitchell is MPS Product Marketing Engineer in the RAM Business Unit at Cypress Semiconductor, where he focuses on technology development, product definition, and business plan development for memory technologies. He has more than 35 years of experience leading technology, marketing and business development in the memory area. He was previously President/CEO at Simtek, where he led all aspects of nonvolatile semiconductor memory strategies and tactical execution. He was also VP Sales and Marketing at Everspin Technologies, where he led business development for the company's MRAM products. Doug holds an MBA from National University and a BSEE from the University of Texas at Austin.