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Kingston KC2500 NVMe SSD Released

Today Kingston Digital, Inc. announced yet another new M.2 SSD in what seems to be a new spree of drive announcements. The new drive is the Next-Gen KC2500 NVMe PCIe SSD, an M.2 drive aimed at desktop, workstations and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

Today Kingston Digital, Inc. announced yet another new M.2 SSD in what seems to be a new spree of drive announcements. The new drive is the Next-Gen KC2500 NVMe PCIe SSD, an M.2 drive aimed at desktop, workstations and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

The Kingston KC2500 NVMe SSD comes in capacities ranging from 250GB to 2TB in a M.2 2280 form factor. As the name states, the drive leverages NVMe interface as well as 96-Layer 3D TLC NAND to hit max speeds of 3.5GB/s read and 2.9GB/s write. The drive is not only fast with decent endurance, it also has good security. The drive supports end-to-end data protection using AES-XTS 256-bit hardware-based encryption. The SS allows for the usage of third party security software vendors with TCG Opal 2.0 security management solutions such as Symantec, McAfee, WinMagic, and others.

Kingston KC2500 NVMe PCIe SSD Specifications

Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x 4 Lanes
Capacities 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
Controller SMI 2262EN
NAND 96-layer 3D TLC
Encrypted AES-XTS 256 bit
Sequential Read/Write:
250GB up to 3,500/1,200MB/s
500GB up to 3,500/2,500MB/s
1TB up to 3,500/2,900MB/s
2TB up to 3,500/2,900MB/s
Random 4K Read/Write:
250GB up to 375,000/300,000 IOPS
500GB up to 375,000/300,000 IOPS
1TB up to 375,000/300,000 IOPS
2TB up to 375,000/300,000 IOPS
Total Bytes Written (TBW):
250GB 150TBW
500GB 300TBW
1TB 600TBW
2TB 1.2PBW
Power Consumption: .003W Idle / .2W Avg / 2.1W (MAX) Read / 7W (MAX) Write
Storage Temperature -40°C~85°C
Operating Temperature 0°C~70°C
Dimensions 80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm
Weight
250GB 8g
500GB 10g
1TB 10g
2TB 11g
Vibration Operating 2.17G Peak (7-800Hz)
Vibration Non-operating 20G Peak (20-1000Hz)
MTBF 2,000,000
Warranty/Support Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

Availability

The Kingston KC2500 NVMe comes backed by a five-year warranty and is available now in all capacity but 2TB, which the company says is shipping soon.

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