AMD has unveiled the first technical implementation of Microsoft's DirectStorage API: SmartAccess Storage. According to AMD's Chief Architect, Frank Azor—and parroted by marketing director, Adam ...

AMD announced Smart Access Storage alongside Ryzen 7000 CPUs. We break down what it is, how it works, and how you can enable it on your system.

It works by taking advantage of a PC’s NVME storage to streamline game load times down to a few seconds. On its own, DirectStorage promises to speed up game loading times.

AMD did not publish specifics on Smart Access Storage's operation, but it is apparent that the technology is based on Microsoft's DirectStorage API, which is included with DirectX 12.

AMD is planning to bring in new tech which is apparently called Smart Access Storage, and so is presumably some kind of storage speeding innovation, although the rumor mill is especially vague on ...

AMD is using Microsoft's DirectStorage API, and calling it SmartAccess Storage. The goal is to provide vastly improved game loading times and texture streaming.

That leads us to the fact that your NVMe SSD is likely already fast enough inside your PC. If it's a PCIe 4.0 or PCIe 5.0 SSD, you're pushing speeds of 7,000 MB/s or more, that's 7 GB/s.

For performance, AMD says that the RX 7900M is built for 1440p gaming, and that it’s 7% faster than the RTX 4080 on average. In real numbers, AMD says it achieved 104 frames per second (fps) on ...

AMD’s Ryzen 6000 series of laptop CPUs will bring a plethora of new features including a 6nm process, RDNA 2, Zen 3+ and more as it continues its assault on Intel’s laptop dominance.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 still a smart CPU to buy in 2025? ... Main Storage: Crucial P310 1TB NVMe SSD: One of Crucial's newer PCIe 4.0 SSDs with zippy reads and writes that makes for decent value.

It works by taking advantage of a PC’s NVME storage to streamline game load times down to a few seconds. On its own, DirectStorage promises to speed up game loading times.