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I'm wondering how that NVME will work. The big push of the PS5 was that those built-in SSDs push a huge amount of data with their custom storage controller, all

I'm wondering how that NVME will work. The big push of the PS5 was that those built-in SSDs push a huge amount of data with their custom storage controller, allowing loading of assets in read time during gameplay. I'm guessing the NVME will be for storing some game assets it can swap out for less frequently played games; but that data would still need to be transferred back to the onboard SSD when the game is loaded back up?

dstaley 6y ago
The lead architect of the PS5 said that NVMe drives will need to be a bit faster than the built-in SSD to make up for the fact that they don't have the optimizations that Sony has for the built-in controller. Essentially only the highest performance PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives will be fast enough for the PS5.