Term · Automotive
Grade 0 (AEC-Q100 Grade 0)
The most severe AEC-Q100 temperature grade, specifying ambient operation from minus 40 to plus 150 degrees Celsius for components mounted directly on or inside the engine, transmission or other extreme-temperature locations.
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Grade 0 severely constrains process and package choice, and is one reason engine-adjacent silicon lags mainstream nodes by generations.
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