NVIDIA unveils open source cuFile storage APIs

NVIDIA has announced new AI storage initiatives and open sourcing of cuFile APIs at the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference.

• NVIDIA said it is open sourcing cuFile APIs and the vertical storage software stack underneath them, allowing GPUs to read from and write to storage directly as part of NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage.
• NVIDIA also said it is advancing Storage-Next with more than 40 storage and flash vendors, including DDN, KIOXIA and Micron; DDN is integrating SCADA with its Infinia platform. The post also references NVIDIA Vera CPU benchmarks showing up to 3.21x higher throughput than an x86 CPU in a two-stage compression and encryption pipeline.
• The article is a company blog announcement/commentary tied to NVIDIA sessions at FMS in Santa Clara, California, running Aug. 4-6; it does not describe a priced deal or contract.