NVIDIA BlueField-3
The data-processing unit that offloads networking, storage and security from hosts.
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BlueField-3 is a 400 Gb/s DPU: 16 Arm cores plus accelerators that take over east-west networking, NVMe storage virtualization, and zero-trust security so host CPUs and GPUs stay on application work. DPUs are standard equipment in modern AI clouds — every DGX and most hyperscale AI nodes carry one or more.
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Record reviewed as of 2026-01-15 — see Methodology.