Nvidia Data Center Processing Unit (DPU) Architecture
Idan Burstein · 2021
NVIDIA DPU Enables the Data Center as the New Unit of Computing The CPU can no longer do it all Must offload & isolate server infrastructure tasks to a DPU Effective DPU must offer hardware acceleration and security isolation To enable such effective DPU, need to develop broad software eco-system to utilize hardware acceleration across variety of disciplines (e.g. HPC, AI/ML, Storage, Networking, Security) - DOCA NVIDIA DPU & DOCA is a computing platform with rich stack optimized ideal for AI, bare metal cloud, cloud supercomputing, storage, gaming, 5G wireless, and more NVIDIA is committed to line rate performance every generation.