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ServeTheHome · United States · Nvidia opens NVLink Fusion, and pays $2B to keep the fabric its own
Details NVLink Fusion and NVLink-C2C extending the interconnect to third-party CPUs and accelerators via chiplets, naming MediaTek, Marvell, Alchip, Astera Labs, Synopsys and Cadence, framing it as Nvidia letting custom silicon attach to its rack-scale stack to blunt the appeal of fully open fabrics.
“NVLink Fusion brings NVLink to third-party CPUs and accelerators via chiplets, MediaTek, Marvell, Alchip, Astera Labs, Synopsys and Cadence are in.”