Kingston has announced its next-generation PCIe 4.0 SSD. Not only that, but it also has a surprisingly cool codename: Ghost Tree. Mysterious; SSDs are not usually the type to have cool code names, but their growing status in the world may be behind this change.

Of course, it's not just a cool name, but it also seems to live up to expectations in terms of performance. Kingston has not yet released much information about the new drive other than that it targets a peak sequential read and write speed of 7,000 MB/s. [This controller is on the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus, which recorded 7,006 MB/sec sequential read and 6,833 MB/sec write in CrystalDiskMark 7. Spoiler alert: It's even faster than the Samsung 980 Pro in many tests.

Returning to Kingston for a moment, we have yet to confirm when the "Ghost Tree" will appear in our machines. However, Kingston has stated that this drive is aimed at "content creators and power users," which leads us to believe that this drive will not be a low-end product.

Kingston has also stated that they will be releasing capacities ranging from 1TB to 4TB, which should give them plenty of room to play with their target market. We gamers won't mind one of the higher capacity options either.

For a more affordable drive, Kingston offers the NV series of NVMe drives, which stick to the PCIe 3.0 interface and offer capacities up to 2TB. The company has also introduced the XS2000, an external USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 drive, which can be purchased in capacities ranging from 500GB to 2TB. It is also a fast external drive, with transfer rates of up to 2,000 MB/sec.