Seoul, July 16 -- The memory chip industry is competing to get a bigger share of the automotive segment as semiconductors gradually become one of the main inputs for car manufacturers.

Modern vehicles come with high-end infotainment systems and ADAS features that consume memory that is now almost as much as laptops or desktops. A Korea Herald report cited industry analysts estimating that infotainment systems in modern high-end cars like Mercedes-Benz's MB.OS platform or the cockpit computing system in BMW's new iX3 electric SUV has anywhere between 4-24 GB of memory. If self-driving features are added, it can easily reach 70 GB.

Micron's CEO Sanjay Mehrotra recently said that cars with Level 2+ autonomy or higher carry more than five t...