AI Factory Glossary

poly-sige gate, process integration

Polycrystalline silicon-germanium gates reduce polysilicon depletion and enable work function tuning.

poly-silicon deposition,cvd

Deposit polycrystalline silicon for gates and interconnects.

polyak averaging, optimization

Average weights with exponential decay.

polycoder,open,code

PolyCoder is open source code model. CMU. Trained on code corpus.

polyhedral optimization, model optimization

Polyhedral optimization uses mathematical frameworks for aggressive loop nest transformations.

polyimide die attach, packaging

Use polyimide adhesive.

polymer property prediction, materials science

Predict polymer characteristics.

polynomial regression, quality & reliability

Polynomial regression fits curved relationships using higher-order terms.

polynomial,interaction,feature

Polynomial features create interactions. Capture nonlinear relationships.

polysemantic neurons, explainable ai

Neurons responding to multiple concepts.

polysilicon backside seal, process

Poly layer on backside for gettering.

pondernet,optimization

Learn how long to compute for each input.

poolformer, computer vision

Replace attention with pooling.

poolformer,computer vision

Use pooling instead of attention.

pooling by multihead attention, pma, transformer

Aggregate sets with attention.

popcorning analysis, failure analysis advanced

Popcorning analysis investigates package delamination from rapid moisture vaporization during reflow.

popcorning, reliability

Moisture-induced delamination.

popularity bias,recommender systems

Over-recommending popular items.

popularity debiasing, recommendation systems

Popularity debiasing corrects for tendency of models to over-recommend popular items.

population-based nas, neural architecture search

Population-based NAS maintains diverse architecture populations selecting promising candidates over generations.

porosimetry, metrology

Measure porosity of low-k dielectrics.

porous low-k,beol

Low-k with nanoscale pores.

port-hamiltonian neural networks, scientific ml

Structure-preserving networks for physical systems.

portkey,gateway,observability

Portkey is AI gateway with observability. Fallbacks, caching, logging.

portrait stylization,computer vision

Artistic rendering of faces.

pose conditioning, multimodal ai

Pose conditioning guides generation using human pose keypoints.

pose control, generative models

Condition on human pose.

pose estimation,skeleton,body

Pose estimation detects body keypoints. OpenPose, MediaPipe. Action recognition, fitness apps.

pose graph optimization, robotics

Optimize robot trajectory.

position bias, recommendation systems

Position bias in recommendations occurs when users preferentially interact with items in prominent positions.

position encoding interpolation, computer vision

Adapt position encodings to new resolutions.

position interpolation, llm architecture

Extend position encodings.

positional bias in rag, challenges

Models favor certain context positions.

positional encoding in nerf, 3d vision

Encode 3D positions.

positional encoding nerf, multimodal ai

Positional encoding in NeRF maps coordinates to high-frequency features enabling detailed geometry.

positional encoding variants,transformer

Different ways to encode position information.

positional encoding,rope,alibi

Positional encoding tells the model token order. RoPE rotates embeddings; ALiBi adds linear bias. Both help extend context length.

positional encoding,rope,alibi

Positional encoding tells model token positions. RoPE and ALiBi enable length extrapolation. Key for long context.

positional heads, explainable ai

Encode position information.

positive bias temperature instability (pbti),positive bias temperature instability,pbti,reliability

Similar effect in nFETs.

positive pressure,facility

Higher pressure inside cleanroom to prevent outside air from entering.

positive resist,lithography

Exposed areas become soluble and are removed.

positive transfer, transfer learning

One task helping another.

positron annihilation spectroscopy, pas, metrology

Detect voids and open volume.

post-apply bake (pab),post-apply bake,pab,lithography

Bake after coating resist.

post-cmp clean,cmp

Cleaning step to remove slurry residue and particles after CMP.

post-exposure bake (peb),post-exposure bake,peb,lithography

Bake after exposure to complete chemical reactions.

post-mold cure, pmc, packaging

Additional curing after molding.

post-mortem,operations

After-incident analysis to prevent recurrence.

post-processing, evaluation

Post-processing adjusts predictions after training to satisfy fairness criteria.