[Announcement] Kingston introduces new solid state drives with M.2 SATA G2 interface

Hi, Giktayms! Tablets are becoming thinner, desktops are getting smaller, everything is shrinking before our eyes. Throw out all unnecessary, like bulky cases and wires like for a long time and many. Kingston M.2 SATA G2 - a thin and compact SSD-drive without an external case. Due to its high capacity and low power consumption, it will become a reliable device for caching or installing operating systems and applications. M.2 SATA G2 is compatible with motherboards based on Intel 9x chipsets and small form factor computers (SFF) - ultrabooks, laptops and tablets. Thanks to the M.2 connectors, the new generation SSD is very easy to install: it will be appreciated by the experts and PC assembly enthusiasts with their own hands.



M.2 SATA G2 is lighter than case SSD, and its performance is higher due to optimized memory cleaning algorithms, leveling out the level of wear and support for TRIM technology. The latter keeps the drive performance at the same level throughout its life. Also, M.2 SATA G2 supports the new SATA DevSleep specification, which minimizes the power consumption of the device and helps extend battery life. The program built into the firmware of the drive to protect against power failures constantly writes data from the cache to the NAND memory in order to preserve their integrity in the event of an unsafe shutdown.


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The accompanying Kingston SSD Manager (KSM) application, which can be downloaded from the Kingston website, tracks the warranty period and status of the device. All M.2 SATA G2 drives are protected by the legendary reliability of Kingston® and a limited five-year warranty with free technical support.

Specifications

Form Factor : M.2 2280
Interface : SATA 3.0 (6 GB / s), backward compatible with SATA 2.0 (3 GB / s)
Capacity : 120, 240 or 480 GB

SATA 3.0 sequential read / write speed

• 120 GB - up to 550/200 MB / s
• 240 GB - up to 550/330 MB / s
• 480 GB - up to 550/520 MB / s

Maximum read / write speed for 4 KB blocks:

• 120 GB - up to 90 000/48 000 IOPS
• 240 GB - up to 100 000/80 000 IOPS
• 480 GB - up to 90 000/85 000 IOPS

The read / write speed of random 4 KB blocks:

• 120 GB - up to 80 000/48 000 IOPS
• 240 GB - up to 79 000/79 000 IOPS
• 480 GB - up to 80 000/80 000 IOPS

The total number of bytes written ( TBW ) and the number of drive entries per day ( DWPD )

• 120 GB: 150 TB, 0.56 DWPD
• 240 GB: 300 TB, 0.70 DWPD
• 480 GB: 800 TB, 0.93 DWPD

Life expectancy: 1 million hours (mean time to failure)

Thank you for your attention and stay with Kingston on Hiktatimes!

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