In the summer of 2021, Kingston, which specializes in the production of RAM and flash memory, announced the launch of a new line of Kingston XS portable SSDs. The highlight of these drives are large amounts of memory in a miniature package - tiny metal solid-state drives with a volume of 2 terabytes are rarely found on the market, which weigh only 29 grams with dimensions of 70x33x14 mm. That is, half the size of any portable SSD and lighter than most flash drives.


The second important feature of the Kingston XS series was the use of USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface, which provides the highest data transfer speed in a compact package. Thanks to him, the speed indicators of portable SSD XS reach 2000 MB / s. And this is in both directions (note: we mean copy and write operations), which is generally nonsense by the standards of most solid state drives. This allows Kingston XS drives to quickly transfer and burn RAW photo archives, 4K/8K video sources or gaming distributions that have long crossed the 100 GB milestone.

At the start of the series, several variations of the SXS2000 drive were presented with a storage capacity of 500, 1000 and 2000 GB. All of them are soldered in metal cases with additional protection against moisture according to the IP55 standard. This means that you can soak it under running water, and then throw it into a dusty backpack and this will not affect the performance of the drive in any way. In addition to protecting against moisture and dust, Kingston equips every XS drive with a 5-year warranty.