Nvidia Acquires SchedMD to Strengthen HPC Capabilities
Overview
Nvidia has acquired SchedMD, the company behind the popular open‑source workload management system Slurm, to enhance its high‑performance computing (HPC) and AI capabilities. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Open‑Source Commitment
Nvidia has assured that Slurm will remain available on an open‑source basis and that the company will continue to invest in its development. The collaboration between Nvidia and SchedMD spans over a decade, with Nvidia highlighting SchedMD’s technology as crucial for generative AI.
Strategic Impact
The acquisition aims to boost open‑source software to drive innovation in HPC and AI across sectors such as autonomous driving, healthcare, life sciences, energy, financial services, manufacturing, and government.
Expanding the Open‑Source Ecosystem
In addition to this acquisition, Nvidia has been expanding its open‑source software ecosystem. This week, the company introduced **Nemotron**, a new family of open AI models designed to help businesses build and scale complex agentic AI applications.
Earlier this month, Nvidia partnered with Mistral AI to develop a new family of open‑source models and launched **Alpamayo‑R1**, an open reasoning vision‑language‑action model for autonomous driving.
The acquisition of SchedMD is part of Nvidia’s broader strategy to enhance its open‑source software ecosystem and drive innovation in HPC and AI.
