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inferencing

American  
[in-fer-uhns-ing] / ˈɪn fər əns ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the process and practice of inferring or making inferences.

  2. the process through which a deep learning model generates output in response to input.


inferencing British  
/ ˈɪnfərənsɪŋ /

noun

  1. psycholinguistics the practice of inferring the meaning of an unfamiliar word or expression from the meaning of familiar words occurring with it in a context together with one's knowledge of or beliefs about the world

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Woodring explained that HDD demand is strengthening due to the growing demands from cloud-computing services and also a newer source — AI inferencing.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

The influential analyst shop SemiAnalysis has identified AMD’s Instinct series as one of the best processors for inferencing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

“We need to inference at a much higher speed, and when you’re inferencing at a much higher speed, and each one of those tokens are dollarized, it directly translates into revenues.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

Chinese scientists have developed LightGen, a photon-based computing chip that outperforms Nvidia’s silicon-based wafers in AI training and inferencing, says a report.

From Barron's Dec. 30, 2025

“We think we are in a pretty good position to be a winner in the inferencing market, because Oracle is by far the world’s largest custodian of high-value private enterprise data.”

From MarketWatch Dec. 9, 2025

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