| How do manufacturers and system builders receive NVIDIA Business Platform Certification? |
 | At the motherboard level, NVIDIA partners with manufacturers to specify motherboard design,
approved hardware components, approved peripherals, and required software interfaces. To receive NVIDIA Business Platform certification, motherboard manufacturers must pass NVIDIA’s extensive certification test suite conducted by NVIDIA which validates all on-board component performance.
System builders run a comprehensive compliance test suite on an NVIDIA Business Platform
candidate system to verify appropriate motherboard and motherboard components, NVIDIA GPUs and MCPs, NVIDIA Stable Image software, AMD CSIP Processor, and peripherals. System builders
submit results of the compliance test for certification to NVIDIA who will audit all results. If test results are within acceptable levels, the system builder receives an NVIDIA Business Platform certification. |