Nvidia patents method to run secure GPU containers in virtual machines
Nvidia describes a system for running software containers that use graphics processing units (GPUs) inside secure, isolated virtual machines. The method creates a link between the physical GPU hardware and the virtual machine, then adjusts the container's settings to ensure it can access the hardware securely within that protected environment.
In the filing’s own words
In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed relating to managing confidential containers implementing graphics processing unit (GPU) workloads are disclosed. A system can initialize a virtual machine corresponding to a confidential computing environment. The system can generate a mapping for at least one physical component interface to the virtual machine. The system can update a configuration setting(s) of a container to be executed within the virtual machine based on the mapping and a container-device interface (CDI). The system can execute the container within the confidential computing environment of the virtual machine according to the configuration setting(s).
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. One or more processors comprising: one or more circuits to: initialize a virtual machine corresponding to a confidential computing environment; generate a mapping for at least one physical component interface to the virtual machine; update at least one configuration setting of a container to be executed within the virtual machine based at least on the mapping and a container-device interface (CDI); and execute the container within the confidential computing environment of the virtual machine according to the at least one configuration setting.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- LIFT-AND-SHIFT STRATEGY FOR CONTAINERS IN CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS
- Publication number
- US20260288505A1
- Application number
- 19086769
- Filed
- Mar 21, 2025
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 9/45558 Physics & computingG06F 2009/45562 Physics & computingG06F 2009/45579 Physics & computingG06F 2009/45587 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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