Kingston M.2 (22x80mm) SATA SSDs

Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced a new M.2 2280 SATA SSD.

Shipping, the 22mmx80mm dimension provides a thin, caseless and compact form factor for new notebook platforms such as ultrabooks, smaller design embedded systems, ultra-thin computing devices and motherboards that support the recently released Intel Z97 chipset.

M.2 2280 SATA SSD features advanced garbage collection, wear leveling and TRIM support to keep drive performance consistent over the life of the drive. SATA DevSleep allows efficient power management and minimal power consumption while also allowing devices to stay on and connected without necessarily reducing battery life. M.2 2280 SSD also features firmware-based power-loss protection to maintain data integrity in case of unexpected power loss or unsafe shutdown.

“We are proud to release the new M.2 form factor to the channel for both consumer and corporate customers upgrading their systems, as well as the system builder community when designing new embedded applications,” said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. “This is an exciting follow-up to our previously released OEM-only M.2 2260 SATA SSD used in certain models of the ASUS Zenbook.”

M.2 2280 SATA SSD ships initially in the 120GB capacity with 240GB and 480GB to follow in Q3. It is backed by a three-year warranty, free technical support and reliability.

M.2 2280 SATA SSD features and specifications:

M.2 Size: 22mm width, 80mm length
NAND Flash memory-based: shock-resistant with lower power consumption
Supports Intel’s SRT: combines capacity advantage of HDD with performance improvements of SSD in dual-storage configuration
Supports S.M.A.R.T.: monitors the status of your drive
Supports TRIM: maintains maximum performance of compatible OSs
Guaranteed: 3-year warranty and free technical support
Form factor: M.2 2280
Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0
Capacities: 120GB
Baseline Performance (based on ‘out-of-box performance’ using a SATA Rev. 3.0 motherboard. Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage. IOMETER Random 4k Random R/W is based on 8GB partition.): Compressible Data Transfer (ATTO): 550MB/s Read and 520MB/s Write; Incompressible Data Transfer (AS-SSD and CrystalDiskMark): 500MB/s Read and 330MB/s Write; IOMETER: Maximum Random 4k R/W up to 66,000/ up to 65,000 IO/s; Random 4k R/W up to 46,000/ up to 4,500 IO/s; PCMARK Vantage HDD Suite Score: 56,000; PCMARK 8 Storage Bandwidth (News – Alert): 215MB/s
Power consumption: 0.09 W Idle / 1.11 W Avg / 1.02W (MAX) Read / 2.86 W (MAX) Write
Storage temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C
Dimensions: 80mmx22mmx3.5mm
Weight: 7.36g
Vibration operating: 2.17G Peak (7-800Hz)
Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10-2000Hz)
Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF
Warranty/support: 3-year warranty with free technical support
Total Bytes Written (TBW): 230TB x 1.8 DWPD4