Why Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman Built The World's Largest Computer Chip
Odd Lots
May 21
Why Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman Built The World's Largest Computer Chip
Why Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman Built The World's Largest Computer Chip

Odd Lots
May 21
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Size is the name of the game for the AI chipmaker Cerebras: Their chips are
truly massive, about the size of a dinner plate. According to Andrew Feldman,
CEO and founder of Cerebras, that is about 58 times larger than the average
chip. That sheer size enables blazing fast inference for AI queries. Feldman
joins us on the week of his company's IPO to talk about his core product and how
it fits into the AI boom. We discuss the history of the GPU, competition between
open-and closed-source models, the company's relationship with with TSMC, and
more.
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Highlights
Highlights
In this episode, the hosts delve into the world of AI hardware with the CEO of a company that just went public, known for its unconventional, dinner-plate-sized chips. The conversation explores how this unique design challenges the status quo of AI processing, from blazing-fast inference to navigating supply chain constraints.
Chapters
Chapters
The AI Chip That's the Size of a Dinner Plate
00:00Why Bigger is Faster: 1,000x Inference Speed
05:33Building a Chip from Scratch for AI, Not GPUs
11:30Avoiding the Bottlenecks: No HBM, No 3nm, No CUDA
21:49The G42 Partnership and the Geopolitics of Silicon
31:00From IPO to Billionaire: Balancing Innovation and Wall Street
48:19Transcript
Transcript
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