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.

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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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Example Sentences

AI computing needs are shifting to the types of central processing chips—or CPUs—that are needed to power inferencing, where AI models produce answers to user queries, rather than model training.

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And Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang later made clear that forecast is a floor, as it doesn’t include some of the company’s latest offerings like the new Groq chip for AI inferencing that was announced at the event.

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Nvidia spent much of this year’s conference touting its strength in inferencing, which is when AI models produce responses to queries.

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Cost-effective inferencing requires a high mix of CPU chips, which are the main brains of any computing system.

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Those competitors, plus a host of startups and the in-house chip design teams of major Nvidia customers like Google, Amazon and Microsoft all see an opportunity in the shift to inferencing.

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