CIS Acronyms

Term

Definition

ADAS

Advanced driver assistance system

AI

Artificial intelligence

AR

Augmented reality

ASIC

Application-specific IC

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials, aka ASTM International

CAD

Computer aided design

CAPEX

Capital expenditure

CFD

Computational fluid dynamics

CFX

Connected factory exchange

CIM

Computer integrated manufacturing

CIS

Complex integrated systems

CoW

Chip on wafer

DFA

Design for assembly

DFT

Design for test

EDA

Electronic design automation

EIC

Electronic integrated circuit

EM

Electromagnetic

EMS

Electronics manufacturing service

FATP

Final assembly, test and packaging

FEA

Finite element analysis

HALT/HASS

Highly accelerated life testing/Highly accelerated stress screening

HBM

High bandwidth memory

HLA

Higher level assembly

HPC

High performance computing

HW

Hardware

IPC

IPC, Association Connecting Electronics Industries, formerly the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits

JEDEC

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association

KPI

Key performance indicator

LED

Light emitting diode

LiDAR

Light detection and ranging

MEMS

Microelectromechanical systems

MIL-STD

Military Standard

MR

Mixed reality

MRL

Manufacturing readiness level

OEM

Original equipment manufacturer

OPEX

Operational expenditure

OSAT

Outsourced semiconductor assembly and test

PA

Power amplifier

PCB

Printed circuit board

PCBA

PCB assembly

PIC

Photonic integrated circuit

RDL

Redistribution layer

RF

Radio frequency

SAE

Society of Automotive Engineers

SDK

Software development kit

SEC/GEM

Semiconductor Equipment Communication Standard/Generic Equipment Model

SiP

System-in-package

SMT

Surface mount technology

SoC

System-on-chip

SW

Software

TRL

Technology readiness level

UBM

Under-bump metallization

UCIe

Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express

VCSELS

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

VR

Virtual reality

WL

Wafer level

XR

Extended reality