Start-ups Cerebras and Groq have unveiled powerful processors for AI inference that aim to outperform Nvidia’s previously dominant GPUs. As VentureBeat reports, Cerebras’ new CS-3 chip offers 125 petaflops of processing power with 4 trillion transistors. Groq scores with an energy-efficient tensor streaming processor. Both companies are targeting the growing market for AI applications. Experts expect demand for efficient inference hardware to increase over the next 18 months.