Kingston Strengthens Performance Legacy with Revamped XS Series External SSDs

Kingston Technology, a world leader in memory and technology solutions, today announced the refreshed Kingston XS Series of External SSDs, featuring a bold new design that highlights Kingston’s commitment to performance, reliability, service and innovation. The new look proudly features Rex, Kingston’s iconic redhead mascot, representing the company’s nearly 40-year legacy of leadership in the global tech industry. Paired with the “Built on Commitment” tagline, the refreshed design reflects Kingston’s ongoing promise to deliver high-performance, dependable storage solutions. 

Compact yet powerful, the XS Series, including the XS2000 and XS1000 family, delivers impressive storage performance in a sleek, pocket-sized form, tailored to meet the needs of both professionals and everyday users.

The XS2000 stands as Kingston’s professional-tier external SSD, offering speeds up to 2,000MB/s1 and large capacities up to 4TB2. Designed for content creators, videographers, and media teams, it supports Apple’s ProRes direct video recording, enabling seamless integration with mobile devices and production workflows. It’s the ideal solution for creators who demand studio-grade performance in the palm of their hand.

Meanwhile, the XS1000 and XS1000R are Kingston’s mainstream solutions for everyday storage, file transfer and backups. With read speeds up to 1,050MB/s3 and capacities up to 2TB2, they offer versatile, lightweight storage solutions for a wide range of users, from students and business travelers to hybrid workers, balancing performance, portability, and everyday value.

“At Kingston, our commitment goes beyond just building products, it’s about building trust.” says Kevin Wu, Sales/Marketing and Business Development Vice President of APAC region. “The refreshed XS Series, featuring Rex and the ‘Built on Commitment’ tagline, reflects our promise to deliver reliable, innovative, and adaptable technology that evolves with our customers’ needs.”

With the XS Series, Kingston strengthens its leadership in memory and storage, blending trusted performance with modern design to empower creators, professionals, and consumers alike. The XS Series is now available for purchase at retail and e-tail stores across Malaysia. Customers who purchase any Kingston External SSD, Kingston FURY DDR5 (16GB or above), Kingston NV3 SSD, or Kingston KC3000 SSD from selected channels will receive a complimentary Kingston ‘Built on Commitment’ canvas bag. For more information on participating channels and full promotion details, visit Kingston Technology’s Facebook page. The promotion runs from June 16 (Monday) to July 20 (Sunday). Hurry—don’t miss your chance to grab this exclusive gift!

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LG Unveils World’s First Thunderbolt 5 5K2K Monitor, Optimized for the Finance and IT Sectors

LG Electronics (LG) is strengthening its B2B market presence with the introduction of the LG UltraFine™ 40WT95UF, a premium monitor designed to meet the needs of data-intensive industries such as finance and IT. Engineered to boost productivity, the new UltraFine is the world’s first 5K2K (5,120 x 2,160) monitor to support Thunderbolt™ 5. It features a 40-inch screen with a high refresh rate, along with a variety of convenient multitasking and connectivity options. Available to enterprise customers worldwide, the 40WT95UF underscores LG’s commitment to delivering premium, scalable display solutions for global business needs.

Professionals in finance and IT often struggle with the limitations of standard-format displays when handling large volumes of data or juggling multiple applications. The LG UltraFine 40WT95UF addresses these challenges with its large 40-inch screen and 21:9 aspect ratio, offering a generous digital workspace. The monitor’s expansive display, combined with its ultra-high resolution and array of helpful screen organization features, provides the visual precision and flexibility to help users work more efficiently and effectively.

The 40WT95UF offers Picture-in-Picture and Picture-by-Picture functionality, giving users the multitasking benefits of a dual-monitor setup without taking up as much desk space. Financial analysts can simultaneously view extensive datasets, application dashboards and market charts, while IT specialists – whether in software development, systems integration or media services – can utilize the extended screen space and advanced capabilities to review long lines of code, manage complex design timelines and conduct in-depth content analysis.

Equipped with LG’s IPS Black technology, the 5K2K display supports a 120Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync Premium, delivering exceptional clarity, contrast, color accuracy and smooth motion. These advanced features make the 40WT95UF an ideal choice for real-time financial analysis, as well as for high-precision visual work such as coding, graphic design and content creation.

Notably, as the world’s first Thunderbolt™ 5 5K2K monitor, it enables fast data transfer speeds of up to 80Gbps, easy connection to high-performance peripherals and laptop charging – all through a single cable, without the need for a separate power adapter. For seamless device integration, the new monitor also comes equipped with an extensive selection of ports, including USB-C, USB-A, HDMI, DisplayPort 2.1 and RJ45, collectively providing an experience akin to having a built-in USB hub. In addition, the support for daisy-chaining helps reduce cable clutter, resulting in a cleaner and more organized workspace.

“LG is committed to developing advanced displays and integrated IT solutions that meet the evolving needs of enterprise customers,” said YS Lee, head of IT Business at the LG Media Entertainment Solution Company. “We will continue to offer industry-leading monitors tailored to each sector’s unique requirements, as well as a diverse range of IT products designed to help boost productivity across industries.”

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A10 Networks Demonstrates Capabilities for the Security, Resilience and Performance of AI Infrastructure

Organizations across the globe are rapidly deploying new AI applications and building new AI-ready data centers to automate and achieve operational excellence in their organizations. This requires ultra-high performance for AI and large language model (LLM) inference environments to deliver real-time response, as well as new cybersecurity solutions to secure them.

Preventing, Detecting and Mitigating AI and LLM-level Cyber Threats

A10 is announcing new AI firewall capabilities that can be deployed in front of APIs or URLs that expose large language models – either as a custom LLM or developed on top of a commercial solution like OpenAI or Anthropic. Built on edge-optimized architecture with GPU-enabled hardware, these capabilities protect AI LLMs at high performance and can be deployed in any infrastructure as an incremental security capability.

These capabilities can help prevent, detect and mitigate AI-level threats by enabling customers to test their AI inference models against known vulnerabilities and to help remove them using A10’s proprietary LLM safeguarding techniques. The capability detects AI-level threats like prompt injections and sensitive information disclosure by inspecting request and response traffic at the prompt level and enforcing security policies required for mitigating these threats.

Delivering Real-time Experience for AI and LLM Inference Environments

A10 continues to deliver high performance and resilience for AI and LLM-enabled applications. This is done by offloading processor-intensive tasks like TLS/SSL decryption, caching, optimizing traffic routing and by providing actionable insights to maximize network availability and performance. New capabilities allow early detection of network performance issues, much like an early warning system. This helps identify near-term congestion or capacity deficiencies, helping customers to take proactive action before an issue becomes critical. The capabilities help prevent unscheduled downtime and plan for optimal network performance. Predictive performance will run on A10 appliances that are powered by GPUs, allowing faster processing speed with the ability to quickly analyze vast amounts of data and provide insights into anomalies ahead of time.

Together, these AI security and infrastructure capabilities allow for ease of management, broader intelligence to accurately detect threats, and help deliver an optimal customer experience. “Enterprises are deploying and training AI and LLM inference models on-premises or in the cloud at a rapid pace. New apabilities must be developed to address three key challenges of these new environments: latency, ecurity and operational complexity. With over 20 years of experience in securing and delivering applications, we are expanding our capabilities to deliver on these needs to provide resilience, high performance and security for AI and LLM infrastructures,” said Dhrupad Trivedi, president and CEO, A10 Networks.

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GIGABYTE Introduces AI TOP 500 TRX50 Desktop PC

GIGABYTE, the world’s leading computer brand, announces the launch of the AI TOP 500 TRX50. This powerful desktop PC is purpose-built for local AI development, multimodal fine-tuning, and high-performance gaming, delivering workstation-grade performance and advanced AI capabilities in a streamlined, plug-and-play format.

At the core of the AI TOP 500 is the AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO processor, offering up to 24 cores of computing power, paired with the TRX50 AI TOP motherboard. The system supports up to 768GB of ultra-fast DDR5 RDIMM memory enabling smooth execution of complex AI tasks and large-scale datasets. Storage is managed by AI-ready SSDs, including a 1TB AI TOP 100E cache drive with up to 150x TBW (total bytes written) compared to standard consumer SSDs—ensuring high durability under frequent read/write workloads.

To support the demands of resource-intensive applications, the system includes the AORUS WATERFORCE X II 360 liquid cooler, housed in a rugged AI TOP chassis and powered by a 1600W 80 Plus Platinum-certified PSU, delivering clean and stable energy for multiple GPU configurations and extended system uptime.

The AI TOP 500 TRX50 is further enhanced by GIGABYTE’s signature AI TOP Utility—a unified software suite that streamlines the entire AI development process. Users can explore models via RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), build and manage custom datasets, fine-tune LLMs and LMMs up to 405B parameters, and monitor system performance through a real-time dashboard. It also supports multi-node clustering via Thunderbolt™ 5 and Dual 10G LAN, allowing users to scale computing resources as needed.

With next-generation Wi-Fi 7 for ultra-low-latency wireless connectivity, and reinforced hardware components, the AI TOP 500 TRX50 ensures stable, long-term operation under demanding conditions.

By offering full control over hardware, infrastructure, and data, the AI TOP 500 TRX50 enables developers, creators, and researchers to build and deploy advanced AI applications entirely on-premises—without the limitations, risks, or ongoing costs associated with cloud environments. Whether used in research labs, AI startups, creative studios, or enterprise edge deployments, it delivers exceptional performance and flexibility in a desktop form factor.

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Kingston Fuels the Future: Showcasing High-Performance AI Solutions at COMPUTEX 2025

Kingston Technology, a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, returns to COMPUTEX 2025 with the theme “Kingston Powers Tomorrow: Committed to the AI Future.” Staying true to its Built on Commitment promise, Kingston unveils its Kingston Future City showroom, spotlighting innovation across speed, intelligence, and imagination. From AI servers to aerospace, the exhibit brings real-world use cases of Kingston’s memory and storage solutions to life. Featured highlights include the newly launched Kingston FURY™ Renegade G5 SSD, enterprise-grade DC3000ME SSD, and compact solutions like the DataTraveler® Exodia™ S USB. As AI continues to transform industries, Kingston supports this shift with solutions rooted in quality, performance, and an enduring commitment to innovation.

“At Kingston, we don’t just anticipate the future, we help build it,” says Kevin Wu, Vice President of Sales/Marketing and Business Development Vice President, APAC. “From powering AI servers to supporting aerospace innovations, Kingston’s memory and storage solutions are enabling the breakthroughs of tomorrow. Built on Commitment is the foundation of everything we do, and at COMPUTEX 2025, we’re proud to showcase how that promise continues to push the boundaries of innovation.”

Kingston Future City is an immersive tech experience that brings the company’s vision of an AI-powered world to life. Divided into three zones, the exhibit showcases how Kingston’s innovations are shaping tomorrow’s technologies.

Kingston Intelligence Hub

At the heart of Kingston Future City, the Kingston Intelligence Hub highlights how Kingston’s enterprise memory and storage solutions power the rapid evolution of AI and robotics. This zone features the newly launched DC3000ME PCIe 5.0 NVMe U.2 SSD and Server Premier DDR5 Memory, supercharging a GIGABYTE AI server rack. Engineered for exceptional speed, endurance, and reliability, these solutions are built to meet the rigorous demands of AI workloads. 

Kingston's AI-ready solutions support robots, AI PCs, and AI servers, delivering tangible benefits in public safety, data security, and production line efficiency. Exemplifying Kingston's Built on Commitment philosophy, they provide reliable, end-to-end infrastructure for next-generation AI applications. To illustrate real-world implementation, Kingston partners with Taiwan Intelligent Robotics Company, Ltd. (TIRC) to showcase its Multi-modal Inspection Robot Solution. Deployed in challenging environments such as factories and remote field sites, these robots collect and transmit large volumes of data and image for real-time AI analysis. Powered by Kingston's DC3000ME SSD and Server Premier DDR5 Memory in AI servers, along with Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 Memory and Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SSD in AI PCs, the system enables rapid detection and response to safety hazards, security breaches, and anomalies. With dependable performance at every stage of the data journey, Kingston plays a pivotal role in advancing smarter, faster, and more responsive AI systems across industries.

FURY Acceleration Center

As the power engine of Kingston Future City, the FURY Acceleration Center is fueled by Kingston FURY Memory and SSDs, delivering ultra-fast performance for demanding workloads and next-gen gaming. This zone showcases the newly launched Kingston FURY Renegade G5 PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD, one of the world’s fastest client SSDs, in action with a high-performance ASUS PC build. Also on display are the Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM at an enhanced overclocked speed of 8,800MT/s, and the compact Kingston FURY Impact DDR5 CAMM2, shown in expanded capacities for PC build, notebook and mobile workstation users. 

Innovative Creators Lab

As the creative hub of Kingston Future City, this space underscores Kingston’s expanding role in advanced technologies. Kingston’s solutions have previously participated in aerospace and satellite communications, facilitating ground-to-air data transmission. This year, Kingston partners with the Rocket Technology Exploration Team (RTET), a student team from NTUST and NFU in East Asia, to demonstrate its solutions in real-world aerospace applications. On-site, a functioning rocket powered with PCIe Gen5 speed of Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SSD is displayed, featuring a custom-developed avionics system that captures and transmits flight data in real-time. Meanwhile, Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 memory and Gen5 SSD are installed in a high-performance MSI PC to handle real-time mission data processing and analysis on the ground. 

The Creators Lab also spotlights Kingston’s solutions for creators and tech enthusiasts. New designs for the XS1000 and XS2000 External SSDs debut at COMPUTEX 2025, alongside the newly launched Kingston DataTraveler Exodia S USB flash drive, and updated Canvas Plus series SD and microSD cards, now with faster speeds. From aerospace exploration to creative production, this space highlights the innovation and engineering strength of emerging talent, while reinforcing Kingston’s commitment to delivering high-performance solutions across the most demanding technology fields.

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