Topic summary
DirectStorage
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Xbox Series X and Series S.
Xbox Velocity Architecture
The DirectStorage API was released in March 2022 for Windows-based computers with graphics cards that support DirectX 12 and NVMe SSDs, though games must be programmed to take advantage of the DirectStorage API. DirectStorage was planned to be a built-in feature along with Auto HDR for Windows 11 at release in late 2021, as well as offered within Windows 10.