Nvidia DGX Spark encrypted firmware slows inference speed to 35% on Linux

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Dual-booting Linux on the Nvidia RTX Spark laptop reveals a GPU clock throttling bug that significantly reduces inference speed to just 35%. The findings suggest that using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) still provides better performance compared to running Linux natively on the device.

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