NVIDIA has announced the launch of NVIDIA NVLink Fusion™ — an innovative silicon solution that empowers industries to develop semi-custom AI infrastructure. This advancement leverages NVIDIA NVLink™, the world’s most sophisticated and widely utilized computing fabric, in collaboration with a broad ecosystem of industry partners.
Leading technology companies such as MediaTek, Marvell, Alchip Technologies, Astera Labs, Synopsys, and Cadence are among the first to integrate NVLink Fusion. This technology facilitates custom silicon scaling to accommodate high-demand workloads, including model training and agentic AI inference. Furthermore, NVLink Fusion enables the integration of Fujitsu and Qualcomm Technologies CPUs with NVIDIA GPUs, forming high-performance AI factories.
“A tectonic shift is underway: for the first time in decades, data centers must be fundamentally rearchitected — AI is being fused into every computing platform,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “NVLink Fusion opens NVIDIA’s AI platform and rich ecosystem for partners to build specialized AI infrastructures.”
Cloud service providers also benefit from NVLink Fusion by gaining an efficient pathway to scale AI factories to millions of GPUs. The solution supports any ASIC and integrates seamlessly with NVIDIA’s rack-scale systems and networking platform, delivering up to 800Gb/s of throughput. Key components include NVIDIA ConnectX®-8 SuperNICs, NVIDIA Spectrum-X™ Ethernet, and NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand switches, with co-packaged optics becoming available shortly.
Enhancing AI Infrastructure NVLink Fusion enables hyperscalers to collaborate with NVIDIA’s ecosystem partners to incorporate NVIDIA rack-scale solutions, streamlining deployment in data center environments.
Prominent AI chipmaking partners utilizing NVLink Fusion include MediaTek, Marvell, Alchip, Astera Labs, Synopsys, and Cadence.
“By leveraging our world-class ASIC design services and deep expertise in high-speed interconnects, MediaTek is collaborating with NVIDIA to build the next generation of AI infrastructure,” said Rick Tsai, vice chairman and CEO of MediaTek. “Our collaboration, which began in the automotive segment, now extends even further, enabling us to deliver scalable, efficient and flexible technologies that address the rapidly evolving needs of cloud-scale AI.”
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“Marvell is collaborating with NVIDIA to redefine what’s possible for AI factory integration,” said Matt Murphy, chairman and CEO of Marvell. “Marvell custom silicon with NVLink Fusion gives customers a flexible, high-performance foundation to build advanced AI infrastructure — delivering the bandwidth, reliability and agility required for the next generation of trillion-parameter AI models.”
“Alchip is supporting adoption of NVLink Fusion by broadening its availability through a design and manufacturing ecosystem, encompassing advanced processes and proven packaging and supported by the ASIC industry’s most flexible engagement,” said Johnny Shen, CEO of Alchip. “It’s our contribution to ensuring that the next generation of AI models can be trained and deployed efficiently to meet the demands of tomorrow’s intelligent applications.”
Astera Labs, Synopsys, and Cadence also play critical roles in the NVLink Fusion ecosystem, enhancing connectivity, computing efficiency, and scalability for data center applications.
Fujitsu and Qualcomm Technologies are leveraging NVLink Fusion to pair their advanced CPUs with NVIDIA GPUs, significantly enhancing AI performance.
“Combining Fujitsu’s advanced CPU technology with NVIDIA’s full-stack AI infrastructure delivers new levels of performance,” said Vivek Mahajan, CTO at Fujitsu. “Fujitsu’s next-generation processor, FUJITSU-MONAKA, is a 2-nanometer, Arm-based CPU aiming to achieve extreme power efficiency. Directly connecting our technologies to NVIDIA’s architecture marks a monumental step forward in our vision to drive the evolution of AI through world-leading computing technology — paving the way for a new class of scalable, sovereign and sustainable AI systems.”
“Qualcomm Technologies’ advanced custom CPU technology with NVIDIA’s full-stack AI platform brings powerful, efficient intelligence to data center infrastructure,” said Cristiano Amon, president and CEO of Qualcomm Technologies. “With the ability to connect our custom processors to NVIDIA’s rack-scale architecture, we’re advancing our vision of high-performance, energy-efficient computing to the data center.”
The introduction of NVIDIA NVLink Fusion marks a significant milestone in AI infrastructure innovation, fostering collaboration across the industry and empowering companies to build robust, high-performance AI systems tailored to modern computational demands.