- NVIDIA has acquired SchedMD, the company behind the open-source workload management system Slurm, to enhance its AI software ecosystem.
- Slurm will remain open-source, and NVIDIA plans continued investment to support advancements in AI and supercomputing.
- Slurm is widely used in high-performance computing and by many systems on the TOP500 supercomputer list.
- The acquisition aligns with NVIDIA’s strategy to expand its presence in open-source software for AI workloads.
- NVIDIA also announced the release of its Nemotron 3 open-source AI models.
NVIDIA announced on Monday the acquisition of SchedMD, further solidifying its push into open-source software for Artificial Intelligence and high-performance computing. The deal will bring SchedMD’s widely used open-source platform, Slurm, under the NVIDIA umbrella. The Slurm workload manager is a software tool that allocates computing resources for complex tasks such as AI model training, inference, and various HPC workloads.
Slurm plays a crucial role in current supercomputing environments. It is used on more than half of the top 10 and top 100 systems listed on the TOP500 supercomputers ranking. NVIDIA stated it will continue to invest in and support the open-source nature of Slurm. According to Danny Auble, CEO of SchedMD, “NVIDIA’s deep expertise and investment in accelerated computing will enhance the development of Slurm — which will continue to be open source — to meet the demands of the next generation of AI and supercomputing.”
The partnership between NVIDIA and SchedMD has lasted over a decade, with Slurm already supported on NVIDIA’s latest hardware. The acquisition aims to boost resource efficiency and foster innovation for researchers, developers, and enterprises seeking to optimize large-scale HPC and AI systems.
The news came as NVIDIA also introduced its latest Nemotron 3 open-source AI models, increasing its open-source offerings amid growing competition from companies like Alibaba and DeepSeek. Rival tech companies, including Meta, are reportedly re-evaluating their open-source and proprietary AI strategies.
On investor forums such as Stocktwits, retail sentiment toward NVIDIA remained neutral, with low message volume at the time of writing. Shares of NVIDIA rose by over 1.45% on Monday and have climbed more than 34% during the past year.
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