{"id":134424,"date":"2025-10-28T17:21:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/?p=86425"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:21:33","slug":"nvidia-launches-bluefield-4-the-processor-powering-the-operating-system-of-ai-factories-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/webdomino.net\/index.php\/nvidia\/nvidia-launches-bluefield-4-the-processor-powering-the-operating-system-of-ai-factories-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA Launches BlueField-4: The Processor Powering the Operating System of AI Factories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>AI factories continue to grow at unprecedented scale, processing structured, unstructured and emerging AI-native data. With demand for trillion-token workloads exploding, a new class of infrastructure is required to keep pace.<\/p>\n<p>At NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C, NVIDIA revealed the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/networking\/products\/data-processing-unit\/\">NVIDIA BlueField-4 data processing unit<\/a>, part of the full-stack BlueField platform that accelerates gigascale AI infrastructure, delivering massive computing performance, supporting 800Gb\/s of throughput and enabling high-performance inference processing.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by software-defined acceleration across AI data storage, networking and security, NVIDIA BlueField-4 transforms data centers into secure, intelligent AI infrastructure \u2014 designed to accelerate every workload, in every AI factory. It\u2019s purpose-built as the end-to-end engine for a new class of AI storage platforms, bringing AI data storage acceleration to the foundation of AI data pipelines for efficient data processing and breakthrough performance at scale.<\/p>\n<p>NVIDIA BlueField-4 combines an NVIDIA Grace CPU and NVIDIA ConnectX-9 networking to deliver 6x the compute power and support AI factories up to 4x larger than possible with NVIDIA BlueField-3, accelerating gigascale AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>BlueField-4 also features multi-tenant networking, rapid data access, AI runtime security and cloud elasticity with native support for NVIDIA DOCA microservices \u2014 containerized services that secure, scale and simplify AI deployment and operations.<\/p>\n<p>The NVIDIA BlueField-4 platform supports a multiservice architecture with native service function chaining, enabling seamless integration and management of multiple network, security and storage services within a single, unified framework.<\/p>\n<p>Security is anchored by the NVIDIA BlueField Advanced Secure Trusted Resource Architecture, enabling service providers to create secure, bare-metal compute instances with zero-trust tenant isolation and full software-defined infrastructure control.<\/p>\n<p>The NVIDIA BlueField platform delivers consistent performance, efficiency and security across the entire NVIDIA AI infrastructure portfolio, from computing systems like <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/products\/rtx-pro-server\/\">NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/hgx\/\">NVIDIA HGX<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/dgx-platform\/\">NVIDIA DGX<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/gb200-nvl72\/\">NVIDIA GB200<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/gb300-nvl72\/\">NVIDIA GB300<\/a> systems to data-center-scale designs including the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/solutions\/ai-factories\/validated-design\/\">NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory<\/a> validated design built on <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/technologies\/enterprise-reference-architecture\/\">NVIDIA Enterprise Reference Architectures<\/a>, the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/ai-data-platform\/\">NVIDIA AI Data Platform<\/a> reference design, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/dgx-superpod\/\">NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD<\/a> and the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/data-center\/gpu-cloud-computing\/partners\/\">NVIDIA Cloud Partner reference architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NVIDIA ConnectX-9 SuperNICs deliver ultralow-latency, 800Gb\/s networking to maximize efficiency in gigascale AI infrastructure. Built for NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet, ConnectX-9 SuperNICs accelerate data movement, optimize RoCE performance, and enable consistent and predictable networking for the most demanding AI workloads.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Growing Ecosystem Adopts NVIDIA BlueField, Powered by NVIDIA DOCA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AI infrastructure and cybersecurity pioneers will continue their track record of wide NVIDIA BlueField adoption and use BlueField-4 to build the next generation of accelerated, secure and software-defined data center platforms. Through DOCA, applications accelerated on today\u2019s BlueField platforms will run seamlessly on BlueField-4, delivering substantial performance gains.<\/p>\n<p>Server and storage leaders including Cisco, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.ddn.com\/press-releases\/ddn-powers-the-next-generation-of-ai-factories-with-nvidia-bluefield-4\/\">DDN<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.dell.com\/en-us\/blog\/fast-path-to-ai-accelerated-secure-and-government-ready\">Dell Technologies<\/a>, HPE, IBM, Lenovo, Supermicro, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.vastdata.com\/blog\/advancing-the-state-of-the-art-with-nvidia-blue-field-4\">VAST Data<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.weka.io\/blog\/gpu\/building-gigascale-ai-factories-with-nvidia-bluefield-4-and-weka-neuralmesh\/\">WEKA<\/a> are building next-generation servers and AI storage platforms with BlueField \u2014 with planned adoption of BlueField-4 \u2014 to enable secure and efficient data movement at scale.<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity leaders including <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.armis.com\/blog\/armis-supercharges-security-for-ai-factories-with-nvidia\/\">Armis<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.checkpoint.com\/press-releases\/check-point-redefines-ai-security-for-enterprises-with-ai-cloud-protect-powered-by-nvidia-bluefield\/\">Check Point<\/a>, Cisco, F5, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.forescout.com\/blog\/forescout-delivers-ai-informed-security-at-the-edge-with-nvidia\/\">Forescout<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/secure-ai-factory-palo-alto-networks-nvidia\/\">Palo Alto Networks<\/a> and Trend Micro are building new solutions with the NVIDIA BlueField platform and planning to integrate NVIDIA BlueField-4 to deliver zero-trust, AI runtime security and real-time threat protection across service provider and enterprise environments.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud and AI providers such as <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.akamai.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/akamai-inference-cloud-transforms-ai-from-core-to-edge-with-nvidia\">Akamai<\/a>, CoreWeave, Crusoe, Lambda, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Together.ai and xAI are building on NVIDIA DOCA microservices to accelerate multi-tenant networking, speed data movement and enhance security in AI factories and supercomputing clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud-native and infrastructure software platform providers <a  href=\"https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/blog\/canonical-and-nvidia-bluefield-4-a-foundation-for-zero-trust-high-performance-infrastructure\">Canonical<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mirantis.com\/company\/press-center\/company-news\/mirantis-announces-integration-with-nvidia-bluefield-for-building-next-generation-ai-infrastructure\/\">Mirantis<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nutanix.com\/blog\/optimizing-network-performance-for-ai-workloads-nutanix-nvidia\">Nutanix<\/a>, Rafay, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/en\/about\/press-releases\/red-hat-announces-support-red-hat-openshift-nvidia-bluefield-dpus\">Red Hat<\/a>, Spectro Cloud and SUSE are looking to integrate BlueField-4 to automate networking, storage and security for AI-ready clouds and data centers.<\/p>\n<p>Global systems integrators Accenture, Deloitte and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.wwt.com\/blog\/from-edge-to-core-securing-ai-infrastructure-with-wwts-armor-framework-and-nvidia-bluefield-4\">World Wide Technology<\/a> are working with NVIDIA to bring BlueField-powered AI infrastructure and cybersecurity services to enterprises, governments and manufacturers worldwide, as well as preparing to offer BlueField-4 when it arrives.<\/p>\n<p>NVIDIA BlueField-4 is expected to launch in early availability as part of NVIDIA Vera Rubin platforms in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch the <\/i><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/gtc\/dc\/keynote\/\"><i>GTC Washington, D.C., keynote<\/i><\/a><i> from NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and explore <\/i><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/gtc\/dc\/session-catalog\/?regcode=no-ncid&amp;ncid=no-ncid&amp;tab.allsessions=1700692987788001F1cG#\/\"><i>sessions<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI factories continue to grow at unprecedented scale, processing structured, unstructured and emerging AI-native data. 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