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The only demonstration he gave to the Wired interviewer showcased the devkit’s impressively fast loading times, with Marvel’s Spider-Man loading in 0.5 seconds instead of the 15 you’d have to normally wait on a PlayStation 4 Pro. At the time, Cerny explained Sony equipped the next-generation PlayStation console with a ‘specialized’ SSD.
An ultra-high-speed SSD is the key to our next generation. Our vision is to make loading screens a thing of the past, enabling creators to build new and unique gameplay experiences."
"Sony and Microsoft have confirmed their next PlayStation and Xbox consoles to be coming in Fall 2020. We already know some of the specifications, such as AMD’s Zen 2/Navi architectures, hardware accelerated ray tracing, support for up to 8K resolution and 120fps, as well as a custom designed SSD that should massively improve loading times. What do you think about these early specs? Can we expect ‘revolutionary’ games thanks to these new consoles or just ‘evolutionary’ titles?"
What will this "ultra-fast" SSD be? Some report faster bandwidth than the GDDR6 chips - ~900GB/s vs 1000GB/s...
Some type of cache structure like HBM3?
https://wccftech.com/crytek-ps5-next-xbox-ssd-will-be-the-real-game-changer/
Crytek: SSD Will Be the Real Game Changer for PS5/Next Xbox, Opening Up Lots of Design Possibilities
https://wccftech.com/sony-ultra-high-speed-ssd-key-to-our-next-gen/
Sony: An Ultra High-Speed SSD Is The Key to Our Next-Gen, Making Loading Screens a Thing of the Past