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Splitting inference into Trainium prefill and Cerebras decode buys speed in the cloud by optimizing each phase for the tasks they handle best. Trainium is used for the prefill stage, which is compute-bound, while Cerebras handles the decode stage, which requires high memory bandwidth [1]. This disaggregated architecture allows for increased efficiency and a reported 5x boost in high-speed token capacity in the same hardware footprint [2]. Additionally, by using high-speed Elastic Fabric Adapter networking, the integration ensures low-latency communication between the prefill and decode phases, further enhancing the speed of AI inference operations in cloud environments [3], [4].