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Accelerator Container Runtime

Software componentInfrastructureInfrastructurearc:AcceleratorContainerRuntime

A runtime extension, backed by the node GPU driver, that configures containers so their processes can access host accelerators.

Responsibility. Enables containers to use node GPUs.

Also known as: NVIDIA Container Toolkit, GPU driver + container toolkit

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Relationships

deployed on structural

GPU Node abstract Ref4.07

hosts structural

Inference Server Ref4.07

is orchestrated by control

Accelerator Operator Ref4.07

Classification

Technologies: NVIDIA Container ToolkitNVIDIA GPU drivercontainerdCRI-ODocker
Quality attributes: Flexibility (ISO/IEC 25010)

Sources

Ref4.07: NVIDIA, "About the NVIDIA GPU Operator," NVIDIA GPU Operator Documentation. Accessed: Sep. 27, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/index.html