Industry-first integration

Built on Rocky Linux, accelerated by NVIDIA

Rocky Linux from CIQ is the first Linux distribution with the complete NVIDIA AI stack built-in. Deploy production-ready AI and HPC workloads 9x faster with CUDA Toolkit and DOCA OFED integrated.

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Transforming how organizations deploy and scale GPU-accelerated workloads with Rocky Linux from CIQ, based on the fastest-growing Enterprise Linux platform with 40%+ market adoption.

Deploy 9x faster

Move from installation to inference 9x faster with pre-configured, validated environments

Stable and compatible

Eliminate manual installations and compatibility issues with professionally tested stacks.

100% Enterprise ready

Full licensing compliance, support, and indemnification for production workloads.

"If you're building applications that leverage accelerated computing, Rocky Linux from CIQ is now the obvious choice. We've removed every barrier between developers and GPU performance. With the complete, validated NVIDIA stack integrated directly into Rocky Linux from CIQ, teams can focus entirely on innovation rather than infrastructure. This is the appliance experience that the developer community has needed: download, deploy, and start building immediately."
Gregory Kurtzer
Founder and CEO of CIQ

Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC)

Enterprise Linux with NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, DOCA-OFED drivers, professional validation, and maximum GPU performance

Rocky Linux from CIQ - AI (RLC-AI)

Move from installation to inference 9x faster with pre-configured, validated environments. Enables seamless scaling to production clusters with thousands of nodes

Fuzzball

Orchestrates NVIDIA CUDA-accelerated HPC and AI workloads through pre-validated containers with integrated DOCA and OFED support

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit integration

CIQ is the first Enterprise Linux provider licensed to deliver the NVIDIA AI and networking software stack, including CUDA Toolkit and DOCA OFED, ready to run out of the box. This delivers unprecedented simplicity for AI and HPC deployments.

Powering critical workloads across industries

From AI breakthroughs to scientific discoveries, CIQ + NVIDIA delivers the foundation for your most demanding applications

AI model training & inference

Deploy large language models, computer vision, and real-time inference pipelines with validated CUDA environments that eliminate configuration overhead.

LLMS
Computer vision
MLOps

Scientific computing

Accelerate climate modeling, molecular dynamics, and astrophysics simulations with enterprise-grade GPU computing infrastructure.

Climate modeling
Drug discovery
Materials science

Financial analytics

Power high-frequency trading, risk modeling, and real-time fraud detection with millisecond-critical GPU performance.

Trading algorithms
Risk modeling
Fraud detection

Media & entertainment

Streamline 3D rendering, video processing, and visual effects pipelines with optimized GPU acceleration.

3D rendering
Video processing
VFX pipelines

Autonomous systems

Develop self-driving vehicles, robotics, and industrial automation with reliable GPU compute for real-time decision making.

Self-driving cars
Robotics
Industrial IoT

Edge computing

Deploy AI inference at the edge with consistent, portable environments that work seamlessly from datacenter to edge devices.

Edge AI
IoT analytics
Real-time processing

About the partnership

Rocky Linux from CIQ images provide developers and enterprises with validated, ready-to-run access to the complete NVIDIA software stack, including CUDA Toolkit and DOCA OFED, enabling seamless scaling from development to production clusters with, at minimum, thousands of nodes.