Kingston Digital Ships SandForce-based HyperX SSD

Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping the HyperX® SSD, its first SATA Rev. 3.0 6Gb/s solid-state drive. The Kingston® HyperX SSD features the latest SandForce® controller and is designed for enthusiasts, gamers and performance users.

Kingston HyperX SSD highlights include:

• 120GB and 240GB capacities*

• Ships as a standalone SSD (includes HyperX branded 2.5" to 3.5" desktop mounting plate); or as a bundle with the HyperX Upgrade Kit for easy installation (includes Acronis® True Image™ HD migration software, desktop mounting plate, external drive bay, multi-head screwdriver, SATA data cable

• Incredible sequential read/write throughputs of 555 / 510MB/s1

• SandForce SF-2281 controller featuring SATA Rev 3.0 (6GB/s)

• Max 4KB random read/write of 95,000 / 70,000 IOPS2 (120GB)

• Premium Intel 25nm Compute NAND (P/E 5K)

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