Kingston Technology Leads Channel SSD Shipments in 2019

Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash reminiscence affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world chief in reminiscence merchandise and expertise options, right now introduced its SSD enterprise continues to develop at a powerful charge following an astounding 2019. SSD demand by way of Q1 2020 remained excessive as a consequence of continued progress within the consumer, enterprise and OEM sectors. Since 2019, Kingston has broadened its SSD portfolio with three new consumer SSDs, 5 knowledge center-specific drives – two of which achieved VMware Ready standing – and launched its first U.2 NVMe PCIe answer.

Market share knowledge for 2019 from analyst analysis firms Forward Insights and TRENDFOCUS confirmed Kingston in a powerful management place. Forward Insights ranked Kingston in first place in worldwide channel SSD shipments with 18.three % market share, forward of semiconductor producers Western Digital and Samsung (16.5 % and 15.1 %, respectively). According to Forward Insights, nearly 120 million SSDs had been shipped within the channel in 2019.

“Demand in the channel remained very high as overall shipments increased 36 percent from 2018,” mentioned Gregory Wong, president and principal analyst, Forward Insights. “Kingston’s competitive product portfolio and extensive distribution enabled it to outgrow the market by a factor of two.”

TRENDFOCUS positioned Kingston because the third-largest provider of SSDs globally, with 10.four % market share, behind Samsung and Western Digital. In 2019, TRENDFOCUS reported that 276 million SSDs had been shipped worldwide, a rise of 36 % 12 months over 12 months. NAND consumption remained excessive as SSD shipments continued to surge in each items and common capacities all year long.

“Favorable pricing for a good portion of 2019 helped drive demand in the client space, enabling increased SSD-attach rates from the OEMs,” mentioned Don Jeanette, vp, TRENDFOCUS. “Moving forward through the rest of 2020, SSD-attach rates in PCs will remain strong, with continued strong demand for SATA SSD in various data center deployments, as well as continued increases with Hyperscale buildouts for PCIe.”

“The 2019 research findings from both analyst firms validate Kingston’s growing presence and position in the SSD market,” mentioned Tony Hollingsbee, SSD enterprise supervisor, Kingston EMEA. “We continue to solidify our presence in the client space with strong SATA offerings as well as distinct NVMe solutions optimized for notebooks and desktops. In addition to the growth in OEM and partner manufacturing, we are proud to deliver several new enterprise solutions with predictable performance and greater dependability for a variety of applications and host environments.”