Quantum Simulation on a Desk
Copyright: Sanjay Basu Experimentation with my DGX Spark continues A field report from a weekend of DGX Spark experimentation, written on the road to SC25 I will admit something upfront. Every time I sit down in front of the DGX Spark, I feel a little like I am getting away with something. Not in a criminal sense. More in the sense that this compact workstation is quietly doing the type of quantum simulation work that used to require a noisy rack somewhere in a cold data center. It feels a bit unfair, like owning a personal synchrotron that fits neatly next to a coffee cup. My DGX experimentation continues, and this week I have been focused on quantum simulation libraries from NVIDIA. I spent the weekend running circuits across CUDA Quantum and the cuQuantum Appliance before heading to St. Louis for SC25. Nothing sharpens the mind like a few late-night qubit experiments followed by an early-morning conference flight. This long-form edition is a reflection on that work. A guided t...