AI Factory Glossary

barcode reader, manufacturing operations

Barcode readers identify FOUPs and cassettes for material tracking.

barcode scanner,automation

Read wafer or lot IDs for tracking.

barcode tracking, operations

Track using barcodes.

barlow twins loss, self-supervised learning

Decorrelate dimensions of representations.

barlow twins, self-supervised learning

Reduce redundancy in learned representations.

barren plateaus, quantum ai

Training difficulty in quantum circuits.

barrier layer, process integration

Barrier layers prevent metal diffusion into dielectrics and silicon using materials like tantalum nitride or titanium nitride in contacts and vias.

barrier layer,pvd

Thin film preventing diffusion between layers (TiN TaN).

barrier metal,beol

Prevent metal diffusion into dielectric.

barrier-free contact, process integration

Barrier-free contacts eliminate barriers through selective metallization improving conductance in aggressively scaled nodes.

barrier-free regions, theory

Areas with no high-loss barriers between solutions.

bart (bidirectional and auto-regressive transformer),bart,bidirectional and auto-regressive transformer,foundation model

Combines bidirectional encoder with autoregressive decoder for seq2seq.

base contamination, contamination

Alkaline contaminants.

base model, llm architecture

Base models are foundational pre-trained models before any fine-tuning.

base model,instruct,chat

Base model is pretrained only. Instruct/chat versions are fine-tuned for dialog. Different use cases.

base pressure, manufacturing operations

Base pressure is lowest achievable pressure indicating vacuum system quality.

baseline establishment,process

Define reference performance for process.

baseline plan, quality & reliability

Baseline plans document approved scope schedule and budget for tracking.

baseline recipe, manufacturing operations

Baseline recipes define standard parameter settings for normal production.

baseline recipe,process

Standard proven recipe used as reference.

baseline,simple,compare

Baseline models provide comparison point. Random, most frequent, mean.

batch formation, manufacturing operations

Batch formation groups compatible lots for parallel processing.

batch inference,deployment

Process multiple inputs together for efficiency.

batch learning,machine learning

Train on fixed dataset offline.

batch process control charts, spc

Control charts for batch data.

batch processing optimization, operations

Optimize batch formation.

batch rl, reinforcement learning

Learn from batch of data.

batch size determination, operations

Decide optimal batch size.

batch size effects in vit, computer vision

How batch size impacts training.

batch size optimization,deployment

Tune batch size to maximize throughput while meeting latency requirements.

batch size reduction, manufacturing operations

Batch size reduction enables flexible production with less inventory through reduced setup times.

batch size scaling, optimization

Increase batch size with resources.

batch size, manufacturing operations

Batch size determines number of wafers processed simultaneously in equipment.

batch size,model training

Number of examples processed together in one forward/backward pass.

batch size,throughput,convergence

Larger batch size = higher throughput but may need LR adjustment. Critical batch size beyond which no benefit.

batch tool,production

Process multiple wafers simultaneously (furnaces wet benches).

batch wait time, operations

Time waiting for full batch.

batch wet bench,clean tech

Process multiple wafers together in chemical baths.

batch,batch size,throughput

Batch size = number of sequences processed together. Larger batches improve GPU utilization and throughput but require more VRAM.

batching inference, llm optimization

Batching combines multiple requests processing them together for efficiency.

bath lifetime, manufacturing equipment

Bath lifetime measures chemical use duration before replacement is required.

bathtub curve regions, reliability

Failure rate over lifetime.

bathtub curve, business & standards

Bathtub curve shows failure rate versus time with infant mortality random and wear-out phases.

bathtub curve,reliability

Failure rate vs time showing infant mortality useful life and wear-out.

battery materials design, materials science

Design materials for energy storage.

bayesian change point, time series models

Bayesian change point detection models segment boundaries as latent variables with posterior inference.

bayesian inference in icl, theory

ICL as approximate Bayesian inference.

bayesian neural networks,machine learning

Neural networks with probabilistic weights.

bayesian optimization for process, optimization

Use Bayesian methods to optimize recipes efficiently.

bayesian optimization,model training

Use probabilistic model to guide hyperparameter search efficiently.