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

A niche acquisition by Nvidia has raised concerns among artificial-intelligence and supercomputer specialists who see the move as a test of the biggest AI chip company's commitment to maintaining a fair playing field for chip rivals and AI data center builders. Nvidia ‌last December announced it would acquire SchedMD, giving it control of open-source software called Slurm, which schedules computing tasks and is critical for