NVIDIA Acquires Open-Source Workload Management Provider SchedMD
Source: NVIDIA AI Blog
Announcement
NVIDIA today announced the acquisition of SchedMD, the leading developer of Slurm, an open‑source workload management system for high‑performance computing (HPC) and AI. The move is intended to strengthen the open‑source software ecosystem and drive AI innovation for researchers, developers, and enterprises.
About Slurm
- Slurm is an open‑source, vendor‑neutral job scheduler used for queuing, scheduling, and allocating computational resources in HPC and AI clusters.
- It is supported on the latest NVIDIA hardware and is a critical component of the infrastructure for generative AI, helping foundation model developers and AI builders manage model training and inference.
- Slurm powers more than half of the top 10 and top 100 systems in the TOP500 list of supercomputers.
Benefits of the Acquisition
- Continued Open‑Source Development – NVIDIA will keep Slurm open source and widely available, supporting a diverse hardware and software ecosystem.
- Accelerated Innovation – Access to NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform will enable users to optimize workloads across heterogeneous clusters.
- Broader Support – NVIDIA will provide open‑source software support, training, and development for Slurm’s extensive customer base, which includes cloud providers, manufacturers, AI companies, and research labs across sectors such as autonomous driving, healthcare, life sciences, energy, financial services, manufacturing, and government.
Executive Quote
“We’re thrilled to join forces with NVIDIA, as this acquisition is the ultimate validation of Slurm’s critical role in the world’s most demanding HPC and AI environments,” said 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.”
Future Plans
- NVIDIA will continue investing in Slurm’s development to keep it the leading open‑source scheduler for HPC and AI.
- The partnership will accelerate SchedMD’s access to new systems, allowing customers to run heterogeneous clusters with the latest Slurm innovations.
- Together, NVIDIA and SchedMD aim to bolster the open‑source software ecosystem and catalyze HPC and AI innovation across industries at every scale.