Published April 6, 2026 · Added April 7, 2026

Nvidia acquisition of SchedMD sparks worry among AI specialists about software access

Reuters reports that Nvidia's acquisition of SchedMD gives it control over Slurm, the open source workload manager used across many AI clusters and supercomputers, prompting fears that critical shared infrastructure could gradually be tuned to favor Nvidia's own chips.

Reuters reports that Nvidia’s acquisition of SchedMD gives it control over Slurm, the open source workload manager used across many AI clusters and supercomputers, prompting fears that critical shared infrastructure could gradually be tuned to favor Nvidia’s own chips.

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Source: Reuters