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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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“We are seeing strong momentum as inferencing and agentic AI drive increasing demand for high-performance CPUs and accelerators,” Su said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

That chip is specifically designed to handle tasks related to AI inferencing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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

For one, the memory market is seeing demand-driven shortages due to test-time scaling, he said, which is the process of AI models using more compute power during inferencing to generate more complex and accurate answers.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

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