VisionFive 2 (same SoC, has been available for months) has a NVMe slot instead of the PCIe slot. It's still possible (with an adapter) to use PCIe cards. It i

VisionFive 2 (same SoC, has been available for months) has a NVMe slot instead of the PCIe slot. It's still possible (with an adapter) to use PCIe cards. It is already possible (with current u-boot patchset) to boot from NVMe. It has been possible for months to have root on NVMe. It is indeed much faster than your average SD card.