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 ## Transform the Data Center With NVIDIA BlueField
 The NVIDIA® BlueField® networking platform ignites unprecedented innovation for modern data centers and supercomputing clusters. With its robust compute power and integrated software-defined hardware accelerators for networking, storage, and security, BlueField creates a secure and accelerated infrastructure for any workload in any environment, ushering in a new era of accelerated computing and AI.
 ### BlueField In the News
+### Las Vegas Sphere Delivers Dazzling Displays Powered by NVIDIA BlueField DPUs
+Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium in Las Vegas, offers stunning visuals on the world's largest LED screen with NVIDIA RTX GPUs and robust connectivity powered by NVIDIA BlueField DPUs and NVIDIA Rivermax software.
 ### NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 Platforms Arrive Equipped With NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs
 Flagship, rack-scale platforms powered by the Grace Blackwell accelerator and NVIDIA BlueField-3 networking innovations enable breakthroughs in data processing for the most compute-intensive workloads.
 ### New NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Architecture Built With DGX GB200 Systems and NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs
 The DGX GB200 systems at the heart of the Blackwell-powered DGX SuperPOD architecture feature NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs for providing next-generation networking and high-performance storage access.
+### Scale Enterprise RAG With NVIDIA BlueField Networking
+## Explore NVIDIA's Portfolio of BlueField Networking Platforms
+In the era of generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) empowers enterprises to capitalize on their data. Learn how BlueField enables businesses to deploy scalable and efficient RAG workflows.
+## Explore NVIDIA's Portfolio of DPUs and SuperNICs
 ### NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU
 The NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU is a 400 gigabits per second (Gb/s) infrastructure compute platform with line-rate processing of software-defined networking, storage, and cybersecurity. BlueField-3 combines powerful computing, high-speed networking, and extensive programmability to deliver software-defined, hardware-accelerated solutions for the most demanding workloads. From accelerated AI to hybrid cloud, high-performance computing to 5G wireless networks, BlueField-3 redefines the art of the possible.
 ### NVIDIA BlueField-3 SuperNIC
+The BlueField-3 SuperNIC is a novel class of network accelerators based on the BlueField-3 networking platform, purpose-built for supercharging hyperscale AI workloads. Designed for network-intensive, massively parallel computing, the BlueField-3 SuperNIC provides up to 400Gb/s of remote direct-memory access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) network connectivity between GPU servers, optimizing peak AI workload efficiency. Creating a new era of AI cloud computing, the BlueField-3 SuperNIC enables secure, multi-tenant data center environments with deterministic and isolated performance between jobs and tenants.
+The BlueField-3 SuperNIC is an advanced network accelerator, purpose-built for supercharging hyperscale AI workloads. Designed for network-intensive, massively parallel computing, the BlueField-3 SuperNIC provides up to 400Gb/s of remote direct-memory access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) network connectivity between GPU servers, optimizing peak AI workload efficiency. Creating a new era of AI cloud computing, the BlueField-3 SuperNIC enables secure, multi-tenant data center environments with deterministic and isolated performance between jobs and tenants.
 ### NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU
+The NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU provides innovative acceleration, security, and efficiency in every host. BlueField-2 data center infrastructure combines the power of the NVIDIA ConnectX®-6 Dx with programmable Arm® cores and hardware offloads for software-defined storage, networking, security, and management workloads.
+The NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU provides innovative acceleration, security, and efficiency in every host. BlueField-2 combines the power of the NVIDIA ConnectX®-6 Dx with programmable Arm® cores and hardware offloads for software-defined networking, storage, security, and management workloads. BlueField-2 delivers superior performance, security, and reduced total cost of ownership for cloud computing platforms, enabling organizations to efficiently build and operate virtualized, containerized, and bare-metal infrastructures at massive scale.
+NVIDIA BlueField-2 also delivers superior performance, security, and reduced total cost of ownership for cloud computing platforms, enabling organizations to efficiently build and operate virtualized, containerized, and bare-metal infrastructures at massive scale.
 ## NVIDIA DOCA
 Unlock data center innovation by enabling the rapid creation of applications and services for the BlueField networking platform with the NVIDIA DOCA™ software development kit.
+## Networking for the Era of AI
+### Networking for the Era of AI
+### Data Center Networks Usher in the Era of AI
+NVIDIA Ethernet SuperNICs emerge as a new class of network accelerators, purpose-built to supercharge network-intensive, massively distributed AI computing workloads.
+The data center's network is ultimately responsible for ushering in the era of AI advancements and performance. Learn how the newest class of data centers can support AI workloads with accelerated computing and high-performance networking.
+### The First Ethernet Network Designed for AI Workloads
+The NVIDIA Spectrum™-X networking platform, consisting of the NVIDIA Spectrum switch and the BlueField-3 SuperNIC, is the world's first Ethernet fabric built for AI, accelerating generative AI network performance by 1.6X over traditional Ethernet fabrics.
+### Next-Generation Networking for the Next Wave of AI
+Modern AI workloads operate at data center-scale, heavily relying on fast and efficient connectivity between GPU servers. Discover the pivotal role of the BlueField-3 SuperNIC in enabling an optimal AI network.
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+### What is a SuperNIC?
+### Securely Deploy and Operate NVIDIA AI Clouds
+The SuperNIC is a new class of network accelerators designed to supercharge hyperscale AI workloads in Ethernet-based clouds.
+Powered by NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs for NVIDIA AI systems.
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 ### High-Performance Cloud Networking
 BlueField is a powerful cloud infrastructure processor, delivering up to 400Gb/s of Ethernet and InfiniBand connectivity for both traditional applications and modern workloads, while freeing host CPU cores to run applications instead of infrastructure tasks.
 ## Featured BlueField Technology Environments
+### Experience VMware vSphere on NVIDIA BlueField DPUs
+### Scale Enterprise RAG with NVIDIA BlueField Networking
+VMware vSphere is available on NVIDIA LaunchPad, providing easy access to VMware ESXi-optimized software running on BlueField DPU-accelerated infrastructure for testing next-generation applications and workloads.
+In the era of generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) empowers enterprises to capitalize on their data. Learn how BlueField enables businesses to deploy scalable and efficient RAG workflows.
 ### BlueField-Enhanced Servers Supercharge Generative AI for Enterprises
+The world's leading system manufacturers are building AI-ready servers, featuring NVIDIA L40S GPUs, NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs and SuperNICs, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, to help enterprises customize and deploy generative AI applications.
+The world's leading system manufacturers are building AI-ready servers, featuring NVIDIA L40S GPUs, NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, NVIDIA SuperNICs, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to help enterprises customize and deploy generative AI applications.
 ### Transform HPC Data Centers With NVIDIA BlueField
 Providing powerful computing, high-speed InfiniBand networking, and highly programmable engines, the NVIDIA BlueField networking platform ignites unprecedented innovation and performance for modern scientific computing applications.
 ### Boost Cybersecurity With the NVIDIA Morpheus AI Framework