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inference

[in-fer-uhns, -fruhns] / ˈɪn fər əns, -frəns /


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A host of chip startups and larger tech firms are currently at work developing their own inference chips.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As the AI industry shifts from training to inference, or the process of running AI models, memory chips have become crucial to supporting larger, more complex models that can reason.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Cerebras says its chips can process “decode” tasks, the phase of inference involving response generation, up to 25 times faster than competitors’ GPUs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Qualcomm has been a conspicuous laggard in the chip sector due to concerns about its core smartphone market, but has unveiled its AI200 and AI250 rack servers for inference.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s why settlements, and by inference tribes, began to proliferate in the Fertile Crescent at that time, when climate changes and improved technology combined to permit abundant harvests of wild cereals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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