Nvidia has announced the acquisition of AI software firm SchedMD. The chip designer is seen doubling down on open-source technology and steps up investments in the artificial intelligence ecosystem to fend off rising competition.
SchedMD was founded in 2010 by Slurm software developers Morris "Moe" Jette and Danny Auble in Livermore, California, and the company currently employs 40 people, according to its website. It provides software that helps schedule large computing jobs that can occupy a big share of a data center's server capacity. Its technology, called Slurm, is open source, meaning developers and firms can access it for free, while the company sells engineering and maintenance support.
Nvidia has built its reputation on speedy chips, but it also offers a range of its own AI models. Its proprietary CUDA software, a standard among most developers, is a major selling point for its chips, making software key to maintaining its dominance in the AI industry.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nvidia said it would continue to distribute SchedMD's software on an open-source basis.
Nvidia said in a blog post, "Slurm, which is supported on the latest Nvidia hardware, is also part of the critical infrastructure needed for generative AI, used by foundation model developers and AI builders to manage model training and inference needs."
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