Cerebras Inference

Cerebras runs the world's fastest LLM inference -- using their custom Wafer Scale Engine, they achieve 2,200+ tokens/second on Llama 3.1 70B, making Groq look slow by comparison.

The hardware story: The Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine is a single chip the size of a dinner plate. By eliminating the inter-chip communication bottleneck of GPU clusters, Cerebras achieves deterministic throughput that simply isn't possible on traditional hardware.

When speed matters most: Real-time voice AI, instant code completion, live research assistants -- these applications are fundamentally different at 2,000+ tokens/second versus 50 tokens/second. The user experience gap is qualitative, not just quantitative.

Current availability: Cerebras's cloud inference API is in beta. The free tier is generous for developers evaluating the platform.