- Nvidia customers can now track GPU usage and power spikes
- Location tracking is not included, so it is not a threat to Chinese exports.
- Nvidia is pushing transparency by opening up software
Nvidia is working on new software for its GPUs to verify their use, amid changing plans to lift H20 export bans for the Chinese market.
The company is marketing this as a solution for “visualizing and monitoring fleets of…GPUs,” a solution that will be entirely optional, the company emphasized.
Although location tracking is not included in Nvidia’s explanation, companies will be able to track certain usage metrics to ensure patterns correlate with purchase intentions.
Nvidia will offer optional GPU tracking software
Data center operators will be able to track peak power usage to align usage with power budgets, efficiency and performance, as well as utilization and bandwidth.
“These capabilities can help enterprises and cloud providers visualize their GPU fleet, address system bottlenecks, and optimize productivity for greater return on investment,” Nvidia wrote in the blog post.
With this solution, operators can stream GPU telemetry at the node level to a special portal for a global view.
Key to the software is the fact that Nvidia will make the client tool agent open source to improve transparency. “It will be [also] “We offer a practical example of how customers can incorporate NVIDIA tools into their own solutions to monitor GPU infrastructure, whether for critical compute clusters or entire fleets,” the company added.
In addition to providing real-time visibility into GPUs, Nvidia customers will also be able to generate reports for auditing purposes.
Nvidia has not shared any further details on availability, other than stating that the service is “opt-in” and “customer installed”, so not all GPUs will be tracked by default.
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