Northwestern University physicists are using NVIDIA technology to tackle the computationally demanding tasks hindering quantum research. Northwestern theoretical physicist Jens Koch and his research group develop advanced, large-scale computer simulations to model superconducting circuits for quantum computing devices. GPUs can run thousands of calculations simultaneously, making them ideal for handling the heavy math behind quantum simulations. In early tests, NVIDIA GPUs accelerated one time-intensive task by 16 times compared to the speed of a standard CPU computer processor. “Scientific computing is central to quantum research,” Koch said.