Kingston shows prototype successor NV-SSD and demonstrates CAMM2 on desktop

Kingston has shown a successor to its mainstream SSDs at the Computex fair. The drive only has a code name for now, but would be the next drive in the NV series. The company is also working on a Gen5 SSD.

The mainstream SSD that Kingston is working on under the code name Kenting Bay would probably become the next drive in the NV series. The design, a simple drive with a sticker on it, is an indication of this, as are the relatively modest specifications: the drive should achieve sequential throughput speeds of approximately 6000MB/s for reading and 5000MB/s for writing. It is still a Gen4 drive with a maximum capacity of 4TB. As usual with NV drives, the hardware, such as the controller used, is not fixed, as long as the performance level is achieved for the price point, the hardware may vary.

In addition to the mainstream SSD, Kingston is also working on a Gen5 drive, which we will have to wait at least until CES in January 2025. The drive will not be released with the well-known Phison E26 controller, but with a controller from another manufacturer to keep heat production more under control. Kingston wouldn't want to release a drive with active cooling or a huge heatsink.

Finally, the company showed CAMM2 modules, which are primarily intended for laptops. However, Kingston had two prototype motherboards, one from MSI and one from ASUS, with a CAMM2 module instead of the regular DDR5 slots. The motherboards, the MSI Z790 Project Zero Plus and ASUS Lengshuikeng, are not yet available for purchase. The CAMM2 modules are compact dual-channel modules that can replace SO-DIMMs.