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Kingston Adds New Form Factor to NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it has added a new form factor, to join the previous 2280 model, NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD for users looking for a high-speed, low power NVMe storage upgrade for compatible laptops and handheld gaming consoles1.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · July 7, 2025
Kingston Digital Releases Enterprise Class Gen5 Data Center SSD
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, announces its latest data center SSD, DC3000ME PCIe 5.0 NVMe U.2 for server applications.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · April 7, 2025
Kingston Digital Leads Channel SSD Shipments in 2023
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced TrendForce has named it as the number one third-party supplier of SSDs in the channel for all of 2023. Based on the numbers provided by TrendForce, Kingston accounted for a massive 34 percent of the units shipped in 2023.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · October 30, 2024
Kingston Brings Next-Gen Performance with NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it is shipping the NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD for users looking for high capacity 4x4 NVMe PCIe performance in a compact form factor.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · September 3, 2024
Kingston Digital Adds Red Colorway to External SSD Lineup
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the addition of new red colored XS1000 External SSD, a small and incredibly sleek file backup solution. The XS1000 red joins the original all-black XS1000 and silver XS2000, expanding Kingston’s external SSD product lineup. These external drives are extremely compact and under 29 grams to provide pocket-sized portability.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · August 26, 2024
Kingston Digital Launches Enterprise Class NVMe SSD for Data Center Environments
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions announced its latest data center SSD, DC2000B, a high-performance PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD optimized for use in high-volume rack-mount servers as an internal boot drive.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · August 19, 2024
Kingston XS1000 External SSD Wins 2024 Red Dot Award
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the Kingston XS1000 External SSD was named a winner of the 2024 Red Dot Award: Product Design. The Red Dot Design Award, established in 1955, is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious design competitions, receiving more than 20,000 annual submissions from approximately 60 countries worldwide.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · June 17, 2024
Kingston Launches New Workflow Bundles to Better Meet Creator Needs
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the reintroduction of the Workflow Dock and its accompanying Readers. The Workflow series now features more hub options separate from the dock, offering even more flexibility. This update caters to the diverse needs of content creators by supporting a broader range of content transfers.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · May 13, 2024
Kingston Digital Adds i-Temp SSDs to High-Quality Industrial Line
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, announced today it had developed a line of Industrial Temp solid-state drives specifically for system builders and design engineers that require a wider operating temperature range for extreme environments. These SSDs are designed for devices such as self-serve kiosks, digital signage, robots, point of sale, and military and agriculture applications among others.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · March 25, 2024
Kingston Technology Tops Channel SSD Market Share for 2023
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it has once again closed out a successful year maintaining the No. 1 spot QoQ. This consistent performance has resulted in securing a 23.8% market share in the channel SSD market for 2023.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · March 6, 2024
Kingston Digital Introduces New Canvas React V60 SD Card
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it is shipping the Canvas React Plus V60 SD memory card. The latest addition expands the Canvas React family of memory cards tailored for UHS-II photography enthusiasts. The new V60 SD card is crafted for both passionate photographers and cost-conscious budding creatives, offering speeds up to 280MB/s1 and storage capacities reaching 1TB2, transforming the way photographers capture and store their digital portfolio.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · February 26, 2024
Kingston Digital Leads Channel SSD Shipments in 2022
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced TrendForce has named it as the number one third-party supplier of SSDs in the channel for all of 2022. Based on the numbers provided by TrendForce, Kingston accounted for a massive 28 percent of the 114 million units shipped in 2022.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · November 15, 2023
Kingston IronKey Extends Mobile Data Protection with Flagship Military-Grade D500S
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, launched today the Best-in-Class Kingston IronKey™ D500S, hardware-encrypted USB flash drive providing military-grade security for classified data in transit.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · September 12, 2023
Kingston Digital Expands External SSD Lineup
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the XS1000 External SSD, a small and incredibly sleek file backup solution. XS1000 joins XS2000 as a new product offering in Kingston’s external SSD product portfolio. Both drives are extremely compact and under 29 grams to provide pocket-sized portability.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · September 5, 2023
Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 80 External SSD 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Winner
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, announced today that it has received three Platinum awards in the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program. The company’s first innovative OS-independent hardware-encrypted external SSD with touch screen for data protection, Kingston® IronKey™ Vault Privacy 80ES (VP80ES) wins Best Encryption Solution, Best Data Storage Security Solution, and Best Secure Data Storage for Military and Government.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · December 7, 2022
Kingston Digital Leads Channel SSD Shipments in 2021
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced TrendForce has named it as the number one third-party supplier of SSDs in the channel for all of 2021. According to TrendForce, Kingston accounted for a massive 26 percent of the 127 million units shipped in 2021.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · October 24, 2022
Kingston Announces Hardware-Encrypted IronKey Keypad 200 USB Drive
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the release of the Kingston IronKey™ Keypad 200 (KP200), the industry’s first drive to deliver the latest FIPS 140-3 Level 3 security for your data.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · September 12, 2022
Kingston Digital Releases Type-A Addition to DataTraveler Max USB 3.2 Gen 2 Series
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announces the addition of the DataTraveler® Max Type-A. It joins DataTraveler® Max, the USB Type-C®1 model, to complete the Kingston DT Max series of next-gen, high performance USB flash drives. Both drives leverage the latest USB 3.2 Gen 2 standard.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · July 11, 2022
Kingston Digital Announces XTS-AES Encrypted USB Drive with Automatic USBtoCloud Back Up
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the release of IronKey™ Locker+ 50 (LP50) USB Flash drive that provides consumer-grade security with AES hardware-encryption in XTS mode to safeguard against BadUSB with digitally-signed firmware and Brute Force password attacks.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · July 5, 2022
Kingston Digital Releases Latest Hardware-Encrypted USB Drive for Data Security
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the release of its latest encrypted USB drive, IronKey Vault Privacy 50 (VP50) with FIPS 197 certification and AES 256-bit hardware-encryption in XTS mode for data security.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · May 31, 2022
Kingston Digital Releases Touch-Screen Hardware-Encrypted External SSD for Data Protection
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the release of the newest addition to its encrypted lineup, IronKey Vault Privacy 80 External SSD (VP80ES). This marks Kingston’s first innovative OS-independent external SSD with touch-screen and hardware-encryption for data protection.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · May 23, 2022
Kingston Technology Leads Channel SSD Shipments in 2020
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced TrendForce has named it as the number one supplier of SSDs in the channel for all of 2020. According to TrendForce, Kingston accounted for a whopping 27 percent of the 111.5 million units shipped in 2020.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · November 1, 2021
Kingston Digital Releases Next-Gen KC3000 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced KC3000, its next generation PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD for desktop and laptop PCs. KC3000 SSD offers next-level performance using the latest Gen 4x4 NVMe controller and 3D TLC NAND ideal for power users who require the fastest speeds on the market.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · October 25, 2021
Kingston Digital Announces Pocket-Sized XS2000 Portable SSD
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it is shipping XS2000, a pocket-sized portable SSD utilizing USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 speeds to deliver next-gen performance in a compact, external on-the-go drive.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · September 7, 2021
Kingston Digital Ships Record-Breaking DataTraveler Max USB 3.2 Gen 2 Flash Drive
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it is shipping DataTraveler® Max, a high performance Type-C®1 USB leveraging the latest USB 3.2 Gen 2 standard. DataTraveler Max (DT Max) delivers record-breaking speeds up to 1,000MB/s read and 900MB/s write2 to make it one of the fastest USB drives on the market and the first of its kind.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · August 30, 2021
Kingston Digital Ships DC1500M Data Center U.2 NVMe SSD
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the availability of the DC1500M, a U.2 data center NVMe™ PCIe SSD for mixed-use workloads. Leveraging a high-performance Gen 3.0 x4 PCIe NVMe design, the DC1500M delivers predictable random IO performance as well as predictable latencies over a wide range of workloads.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · June 28, 2021
Kingston Technology Wins Coveted Global InfoSec Awards During RSA Conference 2021
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, is proud to announce it has won the following Global InfoSec Awards for its encrypted USB solutions family from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information magazine:
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · May 20, 2021
Kingston Technology’s IronKey S1000 Encrypted USB Drive Wins 2021 Govies Awards
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, announced that its IronKey™ S1000 encrypted USB flash drive has been named The ‘Govies’ Government Security Awards Platinum winner for best Cyber Defense Solution for 2021. It also received a Gold award for Encryption. The awards, sponsored by Security Today, honor outstanding government security products, for which Kingston has manufactured solutions for many years.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · April 28, 2021
Kingston Digital Partners With NXP® Semiconductors on i.MX 8M Plus Processors
Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it is partnering with NXP® Semiconductors on their new i.MX 8M Plus applications processors. NXP is a leading applications processor developer for creating infrastructure solutions involving smart technology, and Kingston is proud that its eMMC embedded memory solution is part of the reference board for its latest application processor.
By Kingston Digital, Inc. · Via Business Wire · April 7, 2021