Honestly when I first learned about NVMe drives I thought they'd be plugged directly into the PCIe slot and I was wondering how many inserts/removals they're rated for.
I was happy to learn about an adapter to wear out (hypothetically, at least) instead of the slot on my board.
That's like having TCP as the hood and IP as below the hood.
Everyone is well aware it's PCIe. Some of the first NVMe devices were just PCIe cards. The funky connector is something used in consumer country.
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