Nvidia Debuts Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard for Local AI Workflows
Nvidia has released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a smaller, faster variant of its Nemotron model family designed to run efficiently on consumer RTX GPUs and DGX workstations rather than requiring cloud-scale infrastructure. Alongside it, the company introduced NeMo Switchyard, a routing and orchestration layer that lets developers mix and match different models or model sizes depending on the task, hardware available, and latency needs.
The pairing suggests Nvidia's strategy: make it easier for developers to prototype and deploy AI locally, then scale to larger models only when necessary, all while staying inside Nvidia's own hardware and software stack.
Both tools target developers building AI-powered apps who want more control over cost, latency, and privacy than a pure API-based approach offers.