The SSD is aimed at enthusiast desktop users Kingston’s HyperX division announced this week at CES that it is releasing its first PCIe SSD. Shipping in February, the HyperX Predator internal PCIe SSD will be the highest-end SSD the company has ever produced — and it’ll offer the fastest speeds in the HyperX SSD lineup. The SSD is targeted at gamers, overclockers and enthusiasts, Kingston said. Pricing won’t be available until the drive ships, Kingston said. The HyperX Predator will initially come in 240GB and 480GB capacities. A 960GB version is due out sometime before the end of the second quarter of this year. Powered by Marvell’s latest 88SS9293 controller, the HyperX Predator will offer up to 1,400MBps read and 1,000MBps write speeds. The drive will come in an M.2 form factor with a half-height, half-length adapter for older motherboards without an M.2 socket. The M.2 form factor ensures next-generation platform support with an M.2 PCIe slot. In addition, a version of the drive with a half-height, half-length (HHHL) adapter is available for many existing motherboards without an M.2 socket. “As enthusiast desktop users and datacenter customers seek greater performance to break through 6Gb/s SATA limitation, Marvell’s X4-lane PCIe SSD Controller provides lightning fast, next-generation SSD performance,” Mike Chen, a director of product marketing at Marvell, said in a statement. HyperX is the high-performance product division of Kingston Technology that offers products such as high-speed DDR3 memory, SSDs, USB Flash drives, and headsets. Related content news analysis Apple earnings: About that iPhone 'slump' in China Based on information from Thursday's earnings report, it seems that data pointing to an iPhone slump in China were over-baked. By Jonny Evans May 03, 2024 9 mins iMac iPhone Apple news Microsoft begins to phase out ‘classic’ Teams Microsoft is encouraging Teams customers to move to the new, faster version of the collaboration app; the older version will be switched off next year. By Matthew Finnegan May 03, 2024 3 mins Microsoft Teams Collaboration Software Productivity Software news analysis Apple confirms it will open up the iPad in Europe this fall The latest efforts to comply with Europe’s Digital Markets Act mean developers can offer to side load apps to both iPhones and iPads in the EU. Apple has also taken steps to improve what it offers to smaller and non-commercial developers in the By Jonny Evans May 02, 2024 6 mins iPad Apple Mobile Apps news Udacity offers laid-off US workers free access to its courses for 30 days Sign-ups will be available over the next 30 days By Lucas Mearian May 02, 2024 4 mins Technology Industry IT Jobs IT Skills Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe