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September 10, 2025ACM SIGEnergy Energy Informatics Review

Wafer-Scale Systems: A Carbon Perspective

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AGAlicia GoldenMEMariam ElgamalAMAbdulrahman Mahmoud

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Analysis reveals energy efficiency and carbon implications of wafer-scale architectures versus GPU, suggesting a rich design space.

Key Points

  • Wafer-scale architectures may offer better carbon efficiency compared to traditional GPUs, depending on workload and configuration.
  • Total carbon delay product evaluation showed promising potential for wafer-scale systems, particularly with LLMs.
  • Case study on Cerebras CS-3 highlights the importance of energy efficiency in system architecture design.
  • Findings indicate that there is a trade-off between carbon efficiency and performance in wafer-scale and GPU architectures.

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Golden et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1b81f54b1d3bfb60ec79ahttps://doi.org/10.1145/3757892.3757909
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