NVIDIA Reportedly Developing Technology to Let SSDs Serve as Extra VRAM

According to media reports, NVIDIA is developing a new technology that could allow SSDs to act as additional VRAM in the future. When a graphics card runs out of VRAM, it could use data stored on a fast NVMe SSD instead, which could particularly benefit games with extremely high VRAM requirements or AI inference workloads. The feature is said to be based on RTX IO and Microsoft's DirectStorage technology. Although officially unconfirmed, the rumors reflect NVIDIA's exploration of software- and system-architecture-based solutions to address the growing tension between rising memory demands and hardware costs.