10:28 AM EDT, 03/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- F5 (FFIV) said Tuesday it expanded its collaboration with Nvidia ( NVDA ) with new capabilities to scale AI inference infrastructure economically.

The expanded integration brings together F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes with NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs to create a telemetry-aware infrastructure layer to improve token throughput with better GPU utilization and lower latency, according to a statement.

BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes, powered by NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, delivered up to a 40% jump in token throughput and a 34% decline in request latency, the company said.

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