Hardware

SSD (solid-state drive)

Türkçe: SSD

A solid-state storage drive with no moving parts that stores data in NAND flash cells.

// EXPLANATION

An SSD offers access latency hundreds of times lower than hard disks. A controller manages lifespan with wear levelling and error correction. A faster SSD shortens game load times but does not directly raise frame rate (FPS).

// ALSO KNOWN AS

SSDsolid-state drivesolid state drive

// RELATED TERMS

NVMeThe storage protocol that lets SSDs work over PCIe with many parallel command queues. PCIeThe lane-based serial bus standard that connects graphics cards, SSDs and other components to the motherboard. DirectStorageThe Microsoft API that moves game assets from an NVMe SSD straight into graphics-card memory with minimal CPU involvement. FPS (frames per second)The measure of smoothness showing how many image frames a game or video produces per second.

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