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Platform status

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Transaction index

Transaction status and sources

Announcement, challenge, completion, and termination are separate outcomes. Open a record for its dated evidence and next trigger.

TransactionMellanox acquisitionCompletedTransactionArm acquisitionTerminatedTransactionHugging Face acquisition agreementAnnounced

Current watchlist

Active, scoped status records

A status applies to its listed facets, not every product or market.

Platform rollout

Blackwell platform

Mixed
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA statements and documentation

Facets

  • Architecture: announced
  • Products and systems: model-specific
  • Cloud access: provider-specific
  • Software support: version-specific
  • Regional access: not assumed
Next verification trigger

Verify each product or provider against a dated first-party availability record.

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Software reference

Driver release and issue ledger

Partially refreshed
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA Updates driver research

Facets

  • Game Ready and Studio: 617.42 separately sourced
  • Linux: PB and NFB separated
  • Enterprise U9: chronology only
  • Security-only: 582.78; exact product list applies
Next verification trigger

Check exact package eligibility and new release notes before installing.

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Documentation

CUDA compatibility guidance

Maintained
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA documentation

Facets

  • Driver capability: branch-specific
  • Toolkit: installed version-specific
  • Runtime and libraries: application-specific
  • GPU support: compute-capability-specific
Next verification trigger

Recheck release notes and compatibility tables when a new toolkit family ships.

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Software release

Open GPU kernel modules

Available with scope limits
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA technical announcement

Facets

  • Kernel modules: released
  • User-space stack: separate
  • GPU/OS support: release-specific
Next verification trigger

Use current driver documentation for a specific installation decision.

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Transaction

Hugging Face acquisition agreement

Announced
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA statement

Facets

  • Agreement: announced
  • Completion: not verified in this corpus
  • Regulatory status: not independently assessed here
Next verification trigger

Look for a closing announcement or authoritative regulatory record.

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Platform

Vera Rubin: production and software support

Layer-specific
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA primary documentation

Facets

  • May 31 announcement: production ramp; fall shipments planned
  • CUDA 13.4: Rubin preview
  • TensorRT 11.3.0 Enterprise: general-release Rubin support
Next verification trigger

Confirm the exact partner system, shipment availability and application software matrix.

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Historical outcomes

Completed or terminated records

Transaction

Mellanox acquisition

Completed
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA statement

Facets

  • Agreement: completed
  • Regulatory lifecycle: concluded
  • Integration: not exhaustively assessed here
Next verification trigger

No transaction trigger; update only for material historical correction.

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Transaction

Arm acquisition

Terminated
Observed
Evidence owner
NVIDIA and SoftBank statement

Facets

  • Agreement: terminated
  • Ownership transfer: did not complete
  • Earlier regulatory challenge: separately recorded
Next verification trigger

No pending completion trigger.

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Evidence trail

Sources used on this page

Source class describes ownership and form. It is not a reliability score.

  1. NVIDIA completes acquisition of Mellanox

    NVIDIA Newsroom · 2020-04-27

    Company statement
  2. FTC sues to block semiconductor chip merger

    U.S. Federal Trade Commission · 2021-12-02

    Regulatory record
  3. NVIDIA and SoftBank announce termination of Arm transaction

    NVIDIA Newsroom · 2022-02-07

    Company statement
  4. NVIDIA Blackwell platform announcement

    NVIDIA Newsroom · 2024-03-18

    Company statement
  5. Second-quarter fiscal 2027 results

    NVIDIA Newsroom · 2026-08-26

    Company financial report
  6. CUDA Toolkit release notes

    NVIDIA Documentation · Current documentation

    Official documentation
  7. Release 615 Driver for Windows, Version 617.42 release notes

    NVIDIA · 2026-10-06

    Official release notes
  8. Studio 617.42 desktop package

    NVIDIA · 2026-10-06

    Official documentation
  9. Current Linux graphics driver branches

    NVIDIA · Reviewed 2026-10-08

    Official documentation
  10. RTX Enterprise driver branch history

    NVIDIA · Reviewed 2026-10-08

    Official documentation
  11. GeForce Security Update 582.78 package

    NVIDIA · 2026-09-30

    Official documentation
  12. CUDA compatibility

    NVIDIA Documentation · Current documentation

    Official documentation
  13. CUDA minor-version compatibility

    NVIDIA Documentation · Current documentation

    Official documentation
  14. CUDA GPUs and compute capability

    NVIDIA Developer · Current product lookup

    Official documentation
  15. NVIDIA releases open-source GPU kernel modules

    NVIDIA Developer Blog · 2022-05-11

    Company technical announcement
  16. NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face

    NVIDIA Blog · 2026

    Company statement
  17. Vera Rubin production-ramp announcement

    NVIDIA · 2026-05-31

    Official documentation
  18. CUDA 13.4 highlights and Rubin preview

    NVIDIA · Reviewed 2026-10-08

    Official documentation
  19. TensorRT 11.3.0 release notes

    NVIDIA · Reviewed 2026-10-08

    Official documentation

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