{"id":42286,"date":"2014-06-06T16:35:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=42286"},"modified":"2014-06-06T16:35:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T15:35:47","slug":"kingston-digital-ships-m-2-sata-ssds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/kingston-digital-ships-m-2-sata-ssds\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston Digital Ships M.2 SATA SSDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25517\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25521\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%; background: white;\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25520\"><i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25519\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25518\">M.2 2280 SATA SSD for New Notebook Platforms, Small-Form Factor Devices and Z97 Motherboards<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25516\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%; background: white;\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25515\"><i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25514\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25513\">Advanced Garbage Collection, Power Management for Optimal Performance<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25546\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; background: white;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25512\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; background: white;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25511\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingston.com\/us\/ssd\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.kingston.com\/us\/ssd', 'Kingston Digital, Inc.']);\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25547\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kingston Digital, Inc.<\/a>, at Computex just announced a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingston.com\/us\/ssd\/s\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.kingston.com\/us\/ssd\/s', 'M.2 2280 SATA SSD']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">M.2 2280 SATA SSD<\/a>. Shipping next week, the new 22mm x 80mm dimension provides a thin, caseless and compact form factor ideal for new notebook platforms such as Ultrabooks<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\">\u2122<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25548\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\">, smaller design embedded systems, ultra-thin computing devices and motherboards that support the recently released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/chipsets\/performance-chipsets\/z97-chipset-brief.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/chipsets\/performance-chipsets\/z97-chipset-brief.html', 'Intel\u00ae Z97']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Intel<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Z97<\/a> chipset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25509\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; line-height: 150%; background: white;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25510\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42289\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/msata.jpg?resize=250%2C104\" alt=\"msata\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/msata.jpg?resize=250%2C104 250w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/msata-150x62.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sata-io.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/SATA-IO-DEVSLP-Press-Release_FINAL.pdf\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','download','https:\/\/www.sata-io.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/SATA-IO-DEVSLP-Press-Release_FINAL.pdf']);\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25535\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SATA DevSleep\u2122<\/a> 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25551\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; background: white;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25550\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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 legendary Kingston reliability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; line-height: 150%; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\">For more information please visit <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingston.com\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.kingston.com', 'www.kingston.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.kingston.com<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">M.2 2280 SATA SSD Features &amp; Specifications<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Popular M.2 Size:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 22mm width, 80mm length<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">NAND Flash memory-based:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> shock-resistant with lower power consumption<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Supports Intel&#8217;s SRT:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> combines capacity advantage of HDD with performance improvements of SSD in dual-storage configuration<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Supports S.M.A.R.T.:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> monitors the status of your drive<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25552\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Supports TRIM:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> maintains maximum performance of compatible operating systems<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25553\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Guaranteed:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 3-year warranty and free technical support<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Form factor:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> M.2 2280<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Interface:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb\/s) \u2013 with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Capacities<sup>1<\/sup>:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 120GB<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25554\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Baseline Performance<sup>2<\/sup>:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25556\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 30px;\" type=\"circle\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25555\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"color: black;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Compressible Data Transfer (ATTO):<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"> 550MB\/s Read and 520MB\/s Write<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25557\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"color: black;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Incompressible Data Transfer (AS-SSD and CrystalDiskMark):<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25558\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">500MB\/s Read and 330MB\/s Write<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25560\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 30px;\" type=\"circle\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25559\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"color: black;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">IOMETER:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"> Maximum Random 4k Read\/Write up to 66,000\/ up to 65,000 IOPS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Random 4k Read\/Write up to 46,000\/ up to 4,500 IOPS<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25562\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 30px;\" type=\"circle\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25561\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"color: black;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">PCMARK<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Vantage HDD Suite Score:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"> 56,000<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25563\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"color: black;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">PCMARK<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> 8 Storage Bandwidth:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"> 215 MB\/s<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25564\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Power consumption:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 0.09 W Idle \/ 1.11 W Avg \/ 1.02W (MAX) Read \/ 2.86 W (MAX) Write<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25565\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Storage temperature:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> -40\u00b0C ~ 85\u00b0C<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Operating temperature:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 0\u00b0C ~ 70\u00b0C<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25566\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Dimensions:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Weight:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 7.36g<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25567\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Vibration operating:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 2.17G Peak (7\u2013800Hz)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1401990591545_25568\" class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Vibration non-operating:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 20G Peak (10\u20132000Hz)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Life expectancy:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 1 million hours MTBF<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Warranty\/support:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 3-year warranty with free technical support<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 0.25in; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Total Bytes Written (TBW)<sup>3<\/sup>:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\"> 230TB x 1.8 DWPD<sup>4<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">SM280S3\/120G<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">This SSD is designed for use in desktop and notebook computer workloads, and is not intended for Server environments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">1<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\"> Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">on the products. For more information, go to Kingston\u2019s Flash memory Guide at <a href=\"http:\/\/kingston.com\/flashguide\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/kingston.com\/flashguide', 'kingston.com\/flashguide']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">kingston.com\/flashguide<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">2 <\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">Based on \u201cout-of-box performance\u201d using a SATA Rev. 3.0 motherboard. Speed may vary due to host hardware,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">software and usage. IOMETER Random 4k Random Read\/Write is based on 8GB partition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">3<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\"> Total Bytes Written (TBW) is derived from the JEDEC Workload (JESD219A)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">4<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\"> Drives Writes Per Day (DWPD).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 356.9pt; margin-left: 40.0pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;\" border=\"1\" width=\"476\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"min-height: 13.2pt;\">\n<td style=\"width: 356.9pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #d9d9d9; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 13.2pt;\" colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" width=\"476\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Kingston SSD<i>Now <\/i>M.2 2280 SATA Solid-State Drive<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"min-height: 13.2pt;\">\n<td style=\"width: 121.65pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 13.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Part Number<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 235.25pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 13.2pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"314\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Capacity and Features<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"min-height: 4.05pt;\">\n<td style=\"width: 121.65pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 4.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;\">SM2280S3\/120G<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 235.25pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 4.05pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"314\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;\">120GB Stand-alone M.2 SSD<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"min-height: 10.35pt;\">\n<td style=\"width: 121.65pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 10.35pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">SM2280S3\/240G<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 235.25pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 10.35pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"314\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;\">240GB Stand-alone M.2 SSD (coming soon)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"min-height: 10.35pt;\">\n<td style=\"width: 121.65pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 10.35pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">SM2280S3\/480G<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 235.25pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; min-height: 10.35pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"314\">\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;\">480GB Stand-alone M.2 SSD (coming soon)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Kingston can be found on<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">YouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/kingstontechmemory\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/kingstontechmemory', 'http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/kingstontechmemory']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/kingstontechmemory<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7933932119MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kingstontechnology\" 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Garbage Collection, Power Management for Optimal Performance \u00a0 Kingston Digital, Inc., at Computex just announced a new M.2 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