Nvidia (NVDA) announced today it has acquired SchedMD, a Utah-based software company that provides open-source workload management systems for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.
SchedMD is considered the leading developer of Slurm, which stands for Simple Linux Utility Resource Management. The open-source software functions as a manager and job scheduler for high-performance computing clusters, helping sets of computers function as a single system.
Nvidia said it plans to continue developing and distributing Slurm as an open-source, vendor-neutral software solution. Slurm is already used by more than half of the top 10 and top 100 systems in the TOP500 list of supercomputers. Slurm is also supported by Nvidia’s most powerful hardware. The two companies have collaborated for more than a decade.
“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.”
No details of the transaction were provided. SchedMD was founded in 2010, and it has international offices in Warsaw and Poland.