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By Sagan Rossi
The most expensive module of the car is not the engine, it’s the electronics – totaling at 30% of the total car costs. Here’s how software can tackle this. The most expensive module of the car is not the engine, it’s the electronics. This might come as a surprise to many, but more than 30% […]
By Sagan Rossi
All the major car companies and suppliers test drive vehicles, each collecting data to store, process, and analyze. Find out how we’re tackling these large data storage needs. In one of our most popular posts about data, we reported that an autonomous car will generate over 300 TB per year. That figure was based on […]
By Sagan Rossi
Fragmentation is a potential cause for sluggish automotive storage performance. Read about the impacts of file system fragmentation and how to reduce them. It’s important for car makers and Tier-1 suppliers to choose their file system implementations wisely. File systems impact read and write performance of the storage, the integrity of the data stored, flash […]
By Sagan Rossi
What better place than The Motor City — Detroit, Michigan, USA — for some serious car talk? At the 2018 TU-Automotive conference in Detroit, we had the privilege of interviewing experts from Harman, Renesas, Western Digital, and WirelessCar about data storage and handling in connected and autonomous cars. These companies are leading the way to […]
By Sagan Rossi
Consolidation has been a complicated issue to solve, with software being a large part of the complexity. Read how file systems play a part. Since the 1970s, the way to add new capabilities into the car has been to add an electronic control unit (ECU) for each new feature. ECUs give us convenient features such […]
By Sagan Rossi
The black box preserves a very precious cargo: accident data. But how does it ensure the data is intact and accessible after an incident? Despite what some people believe, the black box inside your car doesn’t serve up a steady stream of data to some overlord who’s tracking you. It’s there as a benefit. With […]
By Sagan Rossi
Manufacturing processes are smarter and more data-driven than ever before, and Linux is gaining a foothold. From the Industrial Era to the Linux Era For years, the industrial sector has lagged behind in terms of processing power and memory capabilities. The reason: the processors used in manufacturing and industrial environments – programmable logic controllers (PLCs) […]
By Sagan Rossi
Humanity creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day: what technology will store all this data for the future, and what problems are associated with it? Humanity creates an unfathomable 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day! To help wrap our heads around that ginormous number – that’s enough data to fill 10 million blu-ray […]
By Sagan Rossi
In July 2016, 7-Eleven and drone startup Flirtey brought joy to some thirsty residents in Reno, Nevada, USA. This special Slurpee delivery (7-Eleven’s signature icy beverages) made headlines because it was the first FAA-approved home delivery by drone. While deliveries are a tangible use case for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commercial applications for UAVs run […]
By Sagan Rossi
When it comes to drone performance, most of the attention is naturally focused on the hardware specs. But what’s often overlooked – and equally important – is the software inside the drone. As with any technology, drone performance is dependent on how everything works together inside. The hardware does the heavy lifting The brain of […]
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