Packaging

The Drive

The drive uses the M.2 2280 form factor, which makes it 22 mm wide and 80 mm long.


Like most M.2 NVMe SSDs, the Kingston NV1 connects to the host system over a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 interface.


On the PCB, you'll find the controller and four flash chips. The other side of the PCB is empty.

Chip Component Analysis

We've encountered the Silicon Motion SM2263XT controller on several M.2 SSDs before. It is an entry-level controller with four flash channels and support for DRAM-less TLC.


The four flash chips are Micron 96-layer 3D QLC NAND; they have been rebranded by Kingston. Each chip has a capacity of 256 GB.