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Memory & Storage

Kingston Technology

Fountain Valley, CA, United States

About Kingston Technology

Kingston Technology makes computer memory modules, solid-state drives and other flash products such as USB drives. John Tu and David Sun founded the company in October 1987, and it is based in Fountain Valley, California. It is privately held. SoftBank bought 80 percent of Kingston in 1996, and Tu and Sun bought that stake back in 1999. Kingston sold its HyperX gaming brand to HP in June 2021.

Kingston Technology was founded in 1987 and is based in Fountain Valley, CA, United States. It is listed under Memory & Storage.

Compute Technologies

  • Custom Silicon

What Kingston Technology works on

Memory & Storage

Memory and storage hold the data that processors work on. Memory such as DRAM is fast and loses its contents when power is removed. Storage such as flash (NAND) is slower, cheaper per bit and keeps data without power.

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