Kingston A1000 PCIe NVMe M.2 2280 SSD With Phison Controller

Kingston Digital, Inc., flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology company, Inc., announced the A1000 PCIe NVMe SSD.

This M.2 drive is an entry-level consumer-grade PCIe NVMe SSD utilizing 3D NAND. It delivers twice the performance of SATA at near SATA pricing.

The single-sided M.2 2280 (22x80mm) form factor makes A1000 for notebooks and systems with limited space. The PCIe NVMe drive features a Gen 3.0 x2 interface, 4-channel Phison Electronics Corp.‘s 5008 controller, and 3D NAND flash. It delivers 2x the performance of SATA SSDs with R/W speeds ⁽¹⁾ up to 1,500MB/s and 1,000MB/s giving it responsiveness and latency.

“Kingston is excited to release its newest SSD for the entry-level PCIe NVMe market. Designed with 3D NAND Flash memory, A1000 is more reliable and durable than a HDD, and doubles the performance of a SATA SSD. Now we can give consumers the benefit of PCIe performance at about the same price as SATA,” said Ariel Perez, manager, SSD business, Kingston. “Consumers can replace a HDD or slower SSD with A1000 and have the storage needed for applications, videos, photos and more.“

A1000 is available in 240, 480 and 960GB ⁽²⁾ capacities and is backed by a limited 5-year warranty, free technical support and Kingston reliability.

A1000 features and specs:

• 20X faster than HDD ⁽¹⁾: With fast R/W speeds, it will increase performance and can also be used to breathe new life into older systems.

• M.2 2280 form factor: Multi-purpose SFF connector replaces small mSATA and mini-PCIe slots.

• Single-sided design: Integrates easily into designs with M.2 connectors; for thin and light notebooks and in systems with limited space.

• Multiple capacities: Available in a range of capacities up to 960GB ⁽²⁾ to meet storage requirements.

• Form factor: M.2 2280

• Interface: PCIe NVMe Gen 3.0 x2 Lanes

• Capacities ⁽²⁾: 240, 480, 960GB

• Controller: Phison 5008

• NAND: 3D TLC

• Sequential R/W ⁽¹⁾:

  • • 240GB: up to 1,500/800MB/s

    • 480GB: up to 1,500/900MB/s

    • 960GB: up to 1,500/1,000MB/s

• Random 4K R/W:

  • • 240GB: up to 100,000/80,000MB/s

    • 480GB: up to 100,000/90,000MB/s

    • 960GB: up to 120,000/100,000MB/s

• Power Consumption: 0.011748W Idle/0.075623W Avg/0.458W (max) Read/0.908W (max) Write

• Dimensions: 80x22x3.5mm

• Operating temperature: 0°C to 70°C

• Storage temperature: -40°C to 85°C

• Weight:

  • • 240GB: 6.4g

    • 480GB: 7g

    • 960GB: 7.6g

• Vibration operating: 2.17G peak (7-800Hz)

• Vibration non-operating: 20G peak (20-2000Hz)

• Life expectancy: One million hours MTBF

• Warranty/support ⁽³⁾: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

• Total Bytes written (TBW) ⁽⁴⁾:

  • • 240GB: 150TB

    • 480GB: 300TB

    • 960GB: 600TB

⁽¹⁾ Based on ‘out-of-box performance’ using a SATA Rev 3.0 / PCIe 3.0 motherboard. Speed may vary due to host hardware, software, and usage. IOMETER Random 4K R/W is based on 8GB partition.
⁽²⁾ Some of the listed capacity on a flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for storage. As such, the actual available capacity for storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to the firm’s Flash Guide.
⁽³⁾ Limited warranty based on five years or ‘SSD Life Remaining’ which can be found using the company’s SSD Manager. A new, unused product will show a wear indicator value of one hundred (100), whereas a product that has reached its endurance limit of program erase cycles will show a wear indicator value of one (1). See for details.
⁽⁴⁾ Total Bytes Written (TBW) is derived from the JEDEC Client Workload (JESD219A).