CES 2021: Kingston Digital Unveils Upcoming NVMe SSDs

Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology company, Inc., announced its upcoming NVMe SSD roadmap at the all-digital CES 2021.

Although we adopt a new format this year, the company will bring its industry-leading SSDs to the forefront for attendees to experience virtually.

The company is poised to continue its SSD market leadership position with both new client and data center U.2 NVMe drives this year.

Offerings include its first PCIe NVMe Gen 4.0 SSDs as well as external USB 3.2 SSD:

• Ghost Tree: Upcoming performance Gen 4.0 drive is for the content creator and power user. Codenamed ‘Ghost Tree,’ the company is targeting speeds of 7,000MB/s read and write, stretching PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 8-channel to the limit with capacities ranging from 1-4TB.

• NV Series: The latest Gen 3.0 x4 SSD is an entry-level drive for first-time NVMe users with capacities up to 2TB.

• XS2000: Company‘s USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 external drive with 500GB – 2TB capacities is an additional storage for photos, videos and other files. The USB Type-C1 interface allows for data transfers up to 2,000MB/s.

• DC1500M: The Data Center 1500M is an update to the DC1000M adding support for multi-namespaces. The U.2 NVMe SSD is designed to support data-intensive workloads including cloud computing, web hosting and virtual infrastructures.

“Now that CES is moving online, we have a greater opportunity to connect with new and existing tech communities around the world,” said Louis Kaneshiro, director, SSD product engineering division. “CES is the best time to share what’s next from Kingston and we are very excited to launch our first Gen 4.0 NVMe SSDs as well as an external drive this year. When it comes to NVMe, we will have all customer segments covered from consumers to prosumers to data centers.“