AI Factory Glossary

causal language modeling, foundation model

Standard left-to-right prediction.

causal mask implementation, optimization

Efficiently apply causal masking.

causal mask,transformer

Mask preventing attention to future tokens in autoregressive models.

causal mediation, interpretability

Causal mediation analysis quantifies how information flows through network components.

causal reasoning,reasoning

Understand cause-and-effect relationships.

causal recommendation, recommendation systems

Causal recommendation systems use causal inference to estimate true item effects separating correlation from causation.

causal tracing, explainable ai

Track causal paths through network.

cause-effect diagram, quality & reliability

Cause-effect diagrams organize potential causes into categories for analysis.

cavity formation, process

Create sealed cavities.

caw, caw, graph neural networks

Causality-Aware Walk aggregates information from temporal neighborhoods respecting causal constraints in dynamic graphs.

cbam, cbam, computer vision

Spatial and channel attention.

cbam, cbam, model optimization

Convolutional Block Attention Module combines channel and spatial attention sequentially.

cbkr, cbkr, yield enhancement

Cross-Bridge Kelvin Resistor measures specific contact resistance to semiconductor junctions.

ccm, ccm, time series models

Convergent Cross Mapping infers causality in dynamical systems by testing whether manifold reconstructions from one variable can predict another.

ccs (composite current source),ccs,composite current source,design

Waveform-based timing model.

cd uniformity (cdu),cd uniformity,cdu,lithography

Variation in linewidth across wafer or die.

cd-sem (critical dimension sem),cd-sem,critical dimension sem,metrology

Scanning electron microscope optimized for measuring linewidths.

cda (counterfactual data augmentation),cda,counterfactual data augmentation,debiasing

Swap demographic attributes in training data.

cdn (content delivery network),cdn,content delivery network,infrastructure

Distribute content closer to users for speed.

celebrate,wins,team morale

Celebrate wins, big and small. AI projects are hard. Recognition boosts team morale and motivation.

cell library characterization,design

Measure standard cell performance.

cellular manufacturing, manufacturing operations

Cellular manufacturing arranges equipment in product-focused cells reducing transport and improving flow.

celu, celu, neural architecture

Smooth version of ELU.

center point runs,doe

Replicate runs at center of design space.

centered kernel alignment, cka, explainable ai

Measure representation similarity.

centering in self-supervised, self-supervised learning

Center teacher outputs.

centering process window, process

Shift nominal to center of window.

central composite design,doe

RSM design with star points.

central differential privacy,privacy

Add noise during centralized computation.

ceramic dip, cerdip, packaging

DIP with ceramic body.

ceramic pga, packaging

PGA with ceramic substrate.

cerebras gpt,cerebras,open

Cerebras-GPT is compute-optimal open models. Various sizes.

certification, quality & reliability

Certification formally authorizes qualified personnel to perform specific tasks.

certified defense, interpretability

Certified defenses provide mathematical guarantees of robustness within perturbation bounds.

certified defense,provable,bound

Certified defenses provide provable robustness bounds. Randomized smoothing popular approach.

certified fairness, evaluation

Certified fairness provides mathematical guarantees of equitable treatment.

certified reference material, crm, quality

Material with certified property values.

certified robustness verification, ai safety

Formal guarantees of robustness.

certified robustness,ai safety

Formal guarantees that model predictions won't change within certain input perturbations.

cfd thermal, cfd, thermal management

Computational Fluid Dynamics for thermal analysis solves Navier-Stokes and energy equations predicting airflow and heat transfer.

cfet (complementary fet),cfet,complementary fet,technology

Stack nFET and pFET vertically as mentioned.

cfq, cfq, evaluation

Compositional generalization for QA.

chain of thought,cot,reasoning

Chain-of-thought prompting asks model to show reasoning steps. Improves accuracy on math, logic, and complex tasks.

chain-of-thought in training, fine-tuning

Train models to reason step-by-step.

chain-of-thought prompting, prompting

Encourage step-by-step reasoning.

chain-of-thought prompting,prompt engineering

Ask model to show reasoning steps before giving final answer.

chain-of-thought with vision,multimodal ai

Visual reasoning with explicit steps.

chain-of-thought, prompting techniques

Chain-of-thought prompting requests step-by-step reasoning improving complex problem solving.

chainlit,chat,interface

Chainlit builds chat interfaces for LLM apps. Streaming, memory, tools. Production-ready.

chamber clean,process

Plasma or wet clean to remove buildup from process chamber walls.