Kingston comes out on top of 2022 SSD market in new study

Kingston's head of solid-state drive (SSD) business Keith Schimmenti notes that "it’s an honor" for the company to top TrendForce's rankings in terms of market share for another year. It accounted for a "massive" 28% of all units shipped (a total of 114 million) in 2022.

Those shipment declined 10.7% compared to 2021, despite an alleviation in the component supply crisis. Nevertheless, Kingston claims to have seen year-on-year growth in 2022 thanks to its "solid advantage" over other third-party SSD vendors such as ADATA, Netac and Lexar.

Kingston also asserts that PCIe 4.0 and NVMe are still the most popular specs among SSD buyers, and that it is well-placed to serve it with drives such as the productivity-focused NV2 (with a 1TB version for US$55 or less on Amazon right now). Then again, Kingston also found that the FURY Renegade (at US$73.99 (-35% off list RRP) for a 1TB SKU) was also a big hit in 2022 thanks to its focus on inclusion in consoles or gaming PCs.

Therefore, the company is now nearly ready to see if it has done as well in 2023, which would lead it to become "the largest third-party memory module supplier" (in its own estimations, at least) for no less than 21 years running.