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NVIDIA Platform Requirement for Proprietary Components

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause restricts specific proprietary components to NVIDIA Platform hardware, preventing their use on non-NVIDIA systems.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Customers may only run NVIDIA SDKs (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), NVIDIA drivers, and NVIDIA Omniverse on systems that include NVIDIA Platforms.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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The following proprietary Software components are licensed solely to run on systems with NVIDIA Platforms: (a) NVIDIA software development kits (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), (b) NVIDIA drivers, and (c) NVIDIA Omniverse.

— Excerpt from NVIDIA NIM's NVIDIA AI Foundation Models AUP

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Document information
Document
NVIDIA AI Foundation Models AUP
Entity
NVIDIA NIM
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
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First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-061896
Document ID
CA-D-00821
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Content hash (SHA-256)
9cd6772966c1995c57661d045fa1fc93e3ffe8b0b3b13bddf1d0660a801d6ae4
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 04:15 UTC
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Citation Record
Entity: NVIDIA NIM
Document: NVIDIA AI Foundation Models AUP
Record ID: CA-P-061896
Captured: 2026-07-09 04:15:58 UTC
SHA-256: 9cd6772966c1995c…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/nvidia-nim/nvidia-ai-foundation-models-aup/provision/CA-P-061896/nvidia-platform-requirement-for-proprietary-components/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does NVIDIA NIM's NVIDIA Platform Requirement for Proprietary Components clause do?

This clause restricts specific proprietary components to NVIDIA Platform hardware, preventing their use on non-NVIDIA systems.

How does this clause affect you?

Customers may only run NVIDIA SDKs (such as CUDA toolkit, TensorRT, cuDNN), NVIDIA drivers, and NVIDIA Omniverse on systems that include NVIDIA Platforms.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 285 platforms. See the full comparison.

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