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Introduces the concept of 'latency debt' in AI systems, defining it as the accumulated cost of optimizing models faster than infrastructure. It details how model advancements (parameter count, reasoning tokens, context windows) contribute to this debt. The post contrasts historical hardware shifts (CPU to GPU) with the current shift towards specialized AI inference hardware like Cerebras WSE, emphasizing its on-chip architecture to overcome memory bandwidth limitations inherent in GPUs for sequential, memory-bound AI workloads. It cites industry investments as validation of this architectural shift.