But you would add an 's' to both of your examples to make two central processing units (CPUs) and two solid state drives (SSDs). I agree, it's a weird rule but it certainly sounds better.
When the pluralization happens in the middle of the acronym it becomes weird -- one FLOPS, two FLOPsS?
When the pluralization happens in the middle of the acronym it becomes weird -- one FLOPS, two FLOPsS?