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Kingston Buying Multi-Million Dollar Stake in JMicron

February 11, 2011
Kingston Buying Multi-Million Dollar Stake in JMicron

Kingston Technology, which focuses on memory products like RAM and solid state drives, is buying a NT$96 million (~US$3,3 million) stake in JMicron, DigiTimes reports. JMicron’s board of directors approved the sale of 1.5 million shares to Kingston at …

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Kingston Announces HyperX MAX USB 3.0 SSD

November 23, 2010
Kingston Announces HyperX MAX USB 3.0 SSD

Kingston has announced the launch of its first USB 3.0-certified external solid-state drive. According to the company, the drive is aimed at PC enthusiasts, prosumers and professionals. And just to make sure that there is no doubt about the target de…

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Kingston Tempts Holdouts with Affordable SSDNow V100 Drives

November 9, 2010
Kingston Tempts Holdouts with Affordable SSDNow V100 Drives

A week after it introduced a 96GB model of its enterprise-oriented V+ 100 SSD, Kingston has announced another addition to the SSDNow V Series. Available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, the SSDNow v100 is targeted at both consumers and small busi…

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Kingston Intros V+100 SSD with ‘Always On’ Garbage Collection

November 1, 2010
Kingston Intros V+100 SSD with ‘Always On’ Garbage Collection

Kingston today introduced the SSDNow V+100 solid-state drive, which features an “always on” garbage collection function, allowing it to be “optimized in both TRIM and Non-TRIM supported operating systems.” With the new SSDNow V+100 series, w…

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Kingston Kicks Out CompactFlash Ultimate 600x Card

September 30, 2010
Kingston Kicks Out CompactFlash Ultimate 600x Card

There’s a new CompactFlash card in town, Kingston’s CompactFlash Ultimate 600x. With read and write speeds up to 90MB/s, it’s Kingston’s fastest card to date.
“The Kingston CF Ultimate 600x cards are great for photographers shooting in burst mode. For …

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Kingston States Obvious about SSDs (Better Pricing Needed)

September 15, 2010
Kingston States Obvious about SSDs (Better Pricing Needed)

Plain and simple, solid state drives (SSDs) still cost too much for mainstream adoption. That epiphany seems to have hit Kingston’s Scott Chen, VP of sales for Asia Pacific, who says that the price premium of SSDs over hard drives needs to drop by abou…

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DRAM Makers Fear Another Crisis if Demand Stays Weak

September 15, 2010
DRAM Makers Fear Another Crisis if Demand Stays Weak

DRAM makers have been through some tough times in recent years. That’s true for nearly the entire tech industry, but the DRAM market in particular was hit hard by the global recession and reduced spending. An oversupply of chips and continued weak dema…

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Kingston Kicks Off DDR2 Price Hikes

August 13, 2010
Kingston Kicks Off DDR2 Price Hikes

If you’re looking to squeeze one last DDR2 upgrade out of your aging rig before moving to a DDR3 platform, you might want to go shopping now rather than put it off for another day. According to reports, Kingston Technology raised the prices for its DDR…

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