Kingston Digital today announced the 960GB KC310 solid-state drive, its largest business-class SSD. The SSD is powered by a Phison S10 quad-core, eight-channel controller and provides SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) performance delivering high read/write speeds and IOPS.

The drive provides end-to-end data protection through Advanced SmartECC and Flash error code correction. Data can be rebuilt in the event of an error allowing for extended NAND durability. The addition of firmware-based power loss protection helps maintain data integrity as data is constantly moved to NAND to minimize the amount of time it stays in the cache.

In addition to the KC310, Kingston also offers the KC300 series for corporations which require client management software to centrally manage and set security policies for its SSDs. KC300 SSDs support TCG Opal 2.0, IEEE 1667 and Microsoft eDrive, as well as feature advanced power management and enterprise-grade S.M.A.R.T. attributes. KC300 SSDs utilize the SandForce SF2281 Flash controller and range in capacity from 60GB to 480GB.

KC310 and KC300 SSDs are backed by a three-year warranty.

KC310 Features and Specifications:

• End-to-end data protection: provides intelligent data error correction for advanced data reliability
• Firmware-based power loss protection: enables drive to recover from unsafe power shutdown
• Supports S.M.A.R.T.: monitors the status of your drive
• Supports TRIM: maintains maximum performance on compatible operating systems
• Three-year warranty and free technical support
• Form factor: 2.5"
• Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s): with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
• Capacities: 960GB
• Controller: Phison PS3110-S10
• Sequential Read/Write: SATA Rev. 3.0 – up to: 550/520MB/s
• Maximum 4k Read/Write2: Up to 99,000/89,000 IOPS
• Random 4k Read/Write2: Up to 96,000/88,000 IOPS
• PCMARK Vantage HDD Suite Score: 80,700
• Enterprise S.M.A.R.T. Tools: reliability tracking, usage statistics, life remaining, wear leveling, temperature
• Total Bytes Written (TBW): 681TB 0.66 DWPD
• Power Consumption: 0.54 W Idle / 0.67 W Avg / 1.66 W (MAX) Read / 3.26 W (MAX) Write
• Storage temperature: -40°C~85°C
• Operating temperature: 0°C~70°C
• Dimensions: 69.9mm x 100.1mm x 7.0mm
• Weight: 84g
• Vibration operating: 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
• Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
• MTBF: 1 million hours
• Warranty/support: 3-year warranty with free technical support