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NVIDIA releases cuObject libraries and a GPU-initiated storage SDK

developer.nvidia.com by Harish Arora 7 min read Editor score 7/10

The generally available cuObject libraries provide APIs and an RDMA protocol for object-storage access that avoids routing data through the server CPU; the SCADA SDK supports GPU-initiated requests. These interfaces show how storage infrastructure is evolving to feed GPU workloads more directly.

What: • NVIDIA announced general availability of cuObject client and server libraries and introduced the SCADA Server SDK for GPU-initiated storage requests.
How: • cuObject provides APIs and an RDMA wire protocol; the SDK lets storage providers build servers that respond to SCADA clients.
Why it matters: • A shared protocol and interoperability work aim to simplify accelerated object-storage access across providers for AI workloads.

The cuObject client exchanges storage traffic with a server implementation over the RDMA wire protocol. Sketched from the article's own text.

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