On December 15th (local time), NVIDIA made a significant move by announcing its acquisition of SchedMD. SchedMD is a company specializing in open - source workload management and is the mastermind behind the development of the renowned Slurm system. NVIDIA made it clear that it has no intention of halting the development and distribution of Slurm. Instead, the tech giant aims to further enhance its reach, allowing it to be adopted and supported by an even wider spectrum of the High - Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities. This expansion will span across a diverse range of hardware and software environments, fostering greater innovation and collaboration in these cutting - edge fields.
