Kingston

Kingston had previewed their 2021 flagship PCIe 4.0 x 4 M.2 NVMe SSD (codename "Ghost Tree") at CES earlier this year. Not much was divulged other than the use of the Phison E18 controller at that time. The product is hitting retail shelves today as the KC3000. The M.2 2280 SSD will be available in four capacities ranging from 512GB to 4TB. Kingston also provided us with detailed specifications. Kingston KC3000 SSD Specifications Capacity 512 GB 1024 GB 2048 GB 4096 GB Controller Phison E18 NAND Flash Micron 176L 3D TLC NAND Form-Factor, Interface Single-Sided M.2-2280, PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4 Double-Sided M.2-2280, PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4 DRAM 512 MB DDR4 1 GB DDR4 2 GB DDR4 4 GB DDR4 Sequential Read 7000 MB/s Sequential Write 3900 MB/s 6000 MB/s 7000 MB/s Random Read IOPS 450K 900K 1M Random Write IOPS 900K 1M Avg. Power Consumption 0.34 W 0.33 W 0.36 W Max. Power Consumption 2.7 W (R) 4.1 W (W) 2.8...