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Sept 5th DC400 launch Channel Launch Densities – 480GB, 960GB, 1.6TB Phison S10 controller with Enterprise Firmware Large DRAM Cache for controller mapping efficiency/performance 15nm Toshiba MLC NAND 5yr conditional warranty based on flash wear Endurance: (JEDEC Enterprise0 0.30 DWPD) QoS is key design consideration 28% OP capacities available for higher performance and endurance

Sept 5th DC400 launch – Custom Sku Densities 28% OP capacities – 400GB, 800GB enable greater performance and endurance 1.8TB capacity available for read intensive applications Phison S10 controller with Enterprise Firmware Large DRAM Cache for controller mapping efficiency/performance 15nm Toshiba MLC NAND 5yr conditional warranty based on flash wear Endurance: 0.57 DWPD for 400GB and 800GB Endurance: 0.43 DWPD for 1.8TB QoS is key design consideration

What makes DC400 a Datacenter SSD? IT and Storage Architects are raising the bar when defining “acceptable levels of performance” for server class SSD’s Client class SSD’s are fast but lack the performance consistency necessary for many datacenter application workloads Performance consistency of IOPS and latency are the critical criteria for datacenters Quality of Service (QoS) – An old term, but new to the SSD industry for defining SSD performance consistency The DC400 firmware and hardware design is optimized to deliver exceptional levels of QoS performance at a low price point

What is QoS? Quality of service of an SSD consists of the predictability and consistency of low latency while servicing a workload For datacenters, latency distribution of an SSD needs to hit certain service levels for an application for 99.9% of the time or on a tighter scale 99.99% - This is often referred to as “Three-nines” or “Four-nines” - Consistent latency is the goal of every enterprise storage solution The degree of latency variability is what separates enterprise SSDs from typical client SSDs Kingston will publish a “QoS Document” for DC400 at launch

DC400 IOMeter Mixed Workloads QD32 Random 100% 4K Workload on a preconditioned drive DC400 480GB sustains 90K IOPs for duration of this test KC400 512GB with client FW starts high but cannot maintain IOPS for more than a few seconds before dropping into the low 1000’s and then up again

DC400 Aerospike Database Workload Latency Test Heavy 24 hr test testing consistency of latency on database workload For each hour of test the goal is no more than 5% of the transactions taking more than 1ms to pass Aerospike test Dark blue line set to 5% everything above is a fail DC400 800GB passes easily and 960GB is close but KC400 1TB in purple is not close Note no SATA based SSD Ent or Client passes this test without OP

KC400 vs DC400 SNIA Enterprise Workload 72 hour test focused on steady state performance DC400 performs well vs Micron and Intel DC SSDs KC400 drops below 10K IOPs early in the test

Kingston 2.5” SATA SSDs for Servers E Series Enterprise Class E50 2.5” MLC Standard 3K NAND Power Fail Protection 240, 480GB DC400 Series Enterprise Class DC400 2.5” MLC Standard 3K NAND 400GB-1800GB* OP Configurable (using KSM) Sept 5th Launch *Released capacities subject to change

DC400 is for the Mainstream Enterprise Market 2/3 of the SSDs sold for server use require less than 1 DWPD endurance Phison S3110 controller for maximum sustained performance Source: Micron, posted on Anandtech.com, July 2015

DC400 Endurance and Price Comparison DC400 is priced extremely well in this category Drive Model NAND Type DWPD Internet Price Kingston DC400 MLC 0.3/0.6 $385.00 (960GB) Intel DC-S3510 0.3 $459.00 (800GB) Micron M500DC 1 $523.00 (960GB) Micron M5100DC $447.00 (800GB) Samsung PM863 3D TLC 1.3 $458.00 (800GB) Sandisk Coudspeed Eco G2 0.6 $511.00 (960GB) Intel DC-S3600 3 $603.00 (800GB) Intel DC-S3710 MLC (HIT) 10 $1047.00 (800GB) Samsung SM863 3D VNAND 3.5 $599.00 (960GB) Samsung 845DC Pro $842.00 (800GB) DC400 Competitors Similar performance & endurance Phison S3110 controller for maximum sustained performance Pricing based on Newegg online price.

New KSM feature enables user configurable OP for DC400 Users will be able to configure their own OP To meet their particular endurance and performance goals Drives can always be restored to the original factory settings. (But not larger)

HHHL PCIe NVMe G3 x8 w Pfail Enterprise / Datacenter SSDNOW Roadmap Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 E50 240, 480GB 2.5in 7mm SATA 6Gb/s w PFail SF2581 MLC NAND DC400 SATA 480, 960, 1.8TB Next Gen Controller 2.5in 7mm SATA 6Gb/s MLC NAND SFF 8639 / U.2 256GB – 2TB Next Gen Controller 2.5in PCIe NVMe G3 x4 w Pfail MLC NAND EP1000 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.2TB Next Gen Controller HHHL PCIe NVMe G3 x8 w Pfail MLC NAND Mass Production Plan of Record Proposed 13

Memory Agenda Market Update Memory Roadmap Memory Architecture

News Feed – DRAM Industry in Downtrend Micron is expecting FQ2’16 EPS to be $-0.12 to $-0.05, so they expect a continued decline in revenues. Semis are planning for mobile demand in Q3/Q4 for iPhone 7 and new Chinese mobile devices. This will tighten client/server DRAM supply, however we do no foresee any price hikes. Pricing should be fairly steady. Contract price for D3 and D4 is parity on client DRAM. Spot market D4 is slightly higher than D3.

Spot Market TTM Not much volatility in the spot market the last year. Trend moves in one basic direction – down. DDR3 price increase at end of August 15 from news of Semi’s holding back shipments DDR4 flat in Q3/Q4 15 – New demand introduced by Skylake DDR3 in 2016 – Chinese New Year stocking demand kept prices relatively flat, average already showing decline trend DDR4 in 2016 – Spot premium eroding quickly, moving averages suggest another wave of decline towards DDR3.

Spot Market Price History –DDR3 Not much volatility in the spot market the last year. Trend moves in one basic direction – down. DDR3 price increase at end of August 15 from news of Semi’s holding back shipments DDR4 flat in Q3/Q4 15 – New demand introduced by Skylake DDR3 in 2016 – Chinese New Year stocking demand kept prices relatively flat, average already showing decline trend DDR4 in 2016 – Spot premium eroding quickly, moving averages suggest another wave of decline towards DDR3. Source: DRAM Exchange, August 2016

Spot Market Price History - DDR4 Not much volatility in the spot market the last year. Trend moves in one basic direction – down. DDR3 price increase at end of August 15 from news of Semi’s holding back shipments DDR4 flat in Q3/Q4 15 – New demand introduced by Skylake DDR3 in 2016 – Chinese New Year stocking demand kept prices relatively flat, average already showing decline trend DDR4 in 2016 – Spot premium eroding quickly, moving averages suggest another wave of decline towards DDR3. Source: DRAM Exchange, August 2016

Server Memory – Year to Date Breakdown

Memory Roadmap (1987 – 2018) 2016 DDR4-2400 DDR3 (1.5V) DDR3L (1.35V) FAST PAGE MODE EDO PC66 PC100 PC133 RDRAM PC600 PC700 PC800 DDR200 DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 PC1066 DDR2-400 DDR2-533 DDR2-667 1987- 1990 1997- 1999 2000 2001-2003 2004-2005 2006 2007- 2009 DDR3-800 DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333 2016 DDR2-800 FB-DIMMs DDR4-2933 DDR4-3200 DDR3L 1.35V DDR3-1600 DDR3L-1600 DDR3-1866 LRDIMM DDR4-2400 2018 2010- 2013 DDR4-2666 2017 Memory Roadmap (1987 – 2018) 2014-2015 DDR4-2133 Technology Data Rate Module Classification Peak Bandwidth DDR3 (1.5V) DDR3L (1.35V) DDR3U (1.25V) 800 DDR3-800/PC3-6400 6400 MB/s or 6.4 GB/s 1066 DDR3-1066/PC3-8500, DDR3L-1066/PC3L-8500 8500 MB/s or 8.5 GB/s 1333 DDR3-1333/PC3-10600, DDR3L-1333/PC3L-10600 10600 MB/s or 10.6 GB/s 1600 DDR3-1600/PC3-12800, DDR3L-1600/PC3L-12800 12800 MB/s or 12.8 GB/s 1866 DDR3-1866/PC3-14900 14900 MB/s or 14.9 GB/s DDR4 (1.2V) 2133 DDR4-2133/PC4-2133 17000 MB/s or 17 GB/s 2400 DDR4-2400/PC4-2400 19200 MB/s or 19.2 GB/s 2666 DDR4-2666/PC4-2666 21300 MB/s or 21.3 GB/s 2933 DDR4-2933/PC4-2933 23400 MB/s or 23.4 GB/s 3200 DDR4-3200/PC4-3200 25600 MB/s or 25.6 GB/s

ValueRAM Qualification Programs In addition to the strategic partnerships Kingston has with ODMs for submitting memory for qualification, we also work with independent memory test labs AVL and CMTL Labs for specific platform, motherboard, or system qualification. Test certificates are available on our website. http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/server Kingston frequently works with independent memory testing labs, such as AVL or CMTL, to provide independent qualification of our memory on popular motherboards and server systems. We post the certificates from these labs on our website, so our customers don’t have to search the motherboard or server manufacturer’s website, which are often out of date.

6Q Server Memory Overview DDR3 LRDIMM support in Q3/Q4 to be re-assessed by demand and supplier output

DDR3 Component Roadmap CONFIDENTIAL

DDR3 Server Premier Roadmap CONFIDENTIAL

DDR4 Component Roadmap CONFIDENTIAL

DDR4 Server Premier Roadmap CONFIDENTIAL 2133 Hynix A RDIMMs will transition to 2400 Micron A/B in Q4

Load-Reduced DIMMs for DDR4 – New Design, Reduced Latency For DDR4, the Load Reduced DIMM design was improved to reduce latency. Instead of using a central buffer on the DIMM to communicate to the memory controller, data buffers were placed below the DRAM chips so the memory controller can communicate directly with the memory storage location. This lowered the controller to buffer latency from 2.5ns to 1.2ns, allowing DDR4 LRDIMMs to operate at higher speeds in multiple DIMMs per channel, when compared to Registered DIMMs. Source IDT: www.idt.com/document/whp/ddr4-lrdimms-both-memory-capacity-and-speed

Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell-EP) DDR4 Supported Memory Speeds Module Type (No Mixing in a Server) 1 DIMM per Channel 1 DPC 2 DIMMs per Channel 2 DPC 3 DIMMs per Channel 3DPC Registered DIMM (RDIMM) 2400 2133 1600 Load Reduced DIMM (LRDIMM, 3DS) 1866 Processor Model Determines Maximum Memory Speed 2400 2133 1866 The memory population rules from Intel describe how fast and at what voltage the memory will operate when different memory types or ranks are installed, and in multiple channels. The Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell-EP) supports both Single Rank and Dual Rank Registered DIMMs at 2400 in up to one DIMM per channel, or four DIMMs per processor. In configurations of two DIMMs per channel, or 8 DIMMs per processor, the memory will clock down to 2133. In a fully populated server, the fastest the memory can operate is 1600. Load Reduced DIMMs offer an opportunity to not only increase the capacity of the memory, but they will also operate at higher speeds than Registered DIMMs in configurations of two DIMMs per channel. This is due to the new design of the LRDIMM. As always, the processor model determines how fast the memory is allowed to operate. Only high end Xeon models support 2133. All mid and low end models will safely clock 2133 down to 1866 or 1600.

Intel Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell-EP) DDR4 Supported Memory Speeds Module Type (No Mixing in a Server) 1 DIMM per Channel 1 DPC 2 DIMMs per Channel 2 DPC 3 DIMMs per Channel 3DPC Registered DIMM (RDIMM) 2133 1866 1600 Load Reduced DIMM (LRDIMM, 3DS) 2133 1866 Processor Model Determines Maximum Memory Speed The memory population rules from Intel describe how fast and at what voltage the memory will operate when different memory types or ranks are installed, and in multiple channels. The Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell-EP) supports both Single Rank and Dual Rank Registered DIMMs at 2133 in up to one DIMM per channel, or four DIMMs per processor. In configurations of two DIMMs per channel, or 8 DIMMs per processor, the memory will clock down to 1866. In a fully populated server, the fastest the memory can operate is 1600. Load Reduced DIMMs offer an opportunity to not only increase the capacity of the memory, but they will also operate at higher speeds than Registered DIMMs in configurations of two DIMMs per channel. This is due to the new design of the LRDIMM. As always, the processor model determines how fast the memory is allowed to operate. Only high end Xeon models support 2133. All mid and low end models will safely clock 2133 down to 1866 or 1600.