What is NVMe?

An interface standard for fast access to SSDs connected over PCI Express. It processes many commands in parallel and has lower latency than SATA, which was designed for HDDs.

Field: SRAM and flash memory

NVMe in the explanations

Questions that mention NVMe (2)

  1. Which command notifies an SSD of space freed by files deleted by the OS, making garbage collection more efficient?
  2. Which interface standard, built on PCI Express, is widely used to connect high-speed SSDs to the host?

Related terms

Garbage collection TRIM Write amplification 3D NAND 6T SRAM cell Charge-trap cell Floating gate Fowler-Nordheim tunneling NAND flash memory Nonvolatile memory

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