As for Cerebras (CBRS), you’re right. This massive “chip,” which is actually an entire silicon wafer representing the largest AI semiconductor ever built, runs very hot.
It has 4 trillion transistors and delivers 125 petaflops of performance. The WSE-3 has 19 times more transistors and 28 times more computational power than the NVIDIA B200.
Cerebras WSE-3 vs NVIDIA B200 | Source: Cerebras S-1
It’s a remarkable piece of engineering.
It’s because of this incredible performance and computational power that it requires so much electricity. It consumes about 23-25 kilowatts (kW) in normal operations and maxes out at 27 kW.
