Microsoft To Share More Details on Microsoft DirectStorage for PC in April
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To fully utilize the potential of high-speed NVMe Gen4 SSDs, DirectStorage combines real-time gaming IO data processing using that high-bandwidth of Gen4 SSD storage. Microsoft announced that their Game Stack Live digital event will return this year, where the company promises to showcase DirectX innovations, such as a new DirectX HDR standard for PC and that great console advantage, Velocity Architecture, coming to PC under the name of DirectStorage. Unfortunately, current storage APIs were not optimized for this high number of IO requests, preventing them from scaling up to these higher NVMe bandwidths creating bottlenecks that limit what games can do. Even with super-fast PC hardware and an NVMe drive, games using the existing APIs will be unable to fully saturate the IO pipeline leaving precious bandwidth on the table. The Game Stack Live event will take place on April 21 and 22, where we will know more precisely the dates on which these new technologies will make their arrival on PC.
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