SSDs for Purpose-Built Computers
Purpose built systems are specialized computers designed to serve a specific application. Examples of purpose-built applications include computers for digital signage, robots, mobile vehicle applications, gaming, POS (Point of Sale), video surveillance, smart devices, and wearables to name a few.
In many cases these applications are too critical to just use any off-the-shelf SSD. The risk of using off-the-shelf SSDs is they don’t offer the customer any control over changing BOMs, product changes mid-production cycle, EOL (end-of-life) notifications and little to no visibility of upcoming product transitions.
Kingston’s Industrial SSDs were created due to a strong demand from system builders and OEMs who are creating “Purpose-Built” and “Embedded” systems for various vertical market applications.

Industrial SSD Comparison Chart
SATA SSD
Kingston
i-Temp 2.5” SATA
- SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s)
- 2.5”
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
- up to 550MB/s read, 500MB/s write
Kingston
i-Temp M.2 2280 SATA SSD
- SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s)
- M.2 2280
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
- up to 550MB/s read, 500MB/s write
Kingston
mSATA
- SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s)
- mSATA (MO-300)
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
- up to 550MB/s read, 510MB/s write
Kingston
2.5” SATA
- SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s)
- 2.5”
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
- up to 550MB/s read, 515MB/s write
Kingston
M.2 2242 SATA
- SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s)
- M.2 2242
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
- up to 550MB/s read, 510MB/s write
Kingston
M.2 2280 SATA
- SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s)
- M.2 2280
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
- up to 550MB/s read, 510MB/s write
PCle NVMe
Kingston
M.2 2230 PCle NVMe
- Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
- M.2 2230
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
- up to 4,500MB/s read, 4,200MB/s write
Kingston
M.2 2280 TLC PCle NVMe
- Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
- M.2 2280
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
- up to 3,700MB/s read, 2,600MB/s write
Kingston
M.2 2280 QLC PCle NVMe
- Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
- M.2 2280
- 512GB, 1TB, 2TB
- up to 4,000MB/s read, 3,600MB/s write