China-based KingSpec now also jumped onto the M2 trend, as they release their NE Series M.2 SSDs. The Releases NVMe 1.3 compatible NE with accompanying heatsink to prevent it throttling down when heating up. 

KingSpec will release a capacity range from 120 GB to 960 GB with four models. Little is actually known about the controller and NAND brand used but it adopts 3D TLC, transfer speeds are for sequential reading a maximum 2,400 MB/sec and writes at 1,700 MB/sec. 4K IOPS wise reading is 76,400 IOPS and writing a respectable 96,200 IOPS. These values, however, are for the 480GB version. The smaller ones are slower (look below).

A total of four models of capacity, 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB are prepared.

The external dimensions are W 22.0 × L 80.0 × H 3.5 mm, power consumption is 3.15 W, operating temperature is 0 to 70 ° C. MTBF is one million hours, product warranty is three years.

KingSpec Releases NVMe 1.3 compatible NE Series M.2 SSD