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Silicon Bring-up Glossary

Shared vocabulary for first-silicon activation, debug evidence, and signoff closure workflows.

Terms to use precisely

First-failure boundary: earliest dependency point where behavior diverges from expectation.
Evidence packet: synchronized artifacts needed to prove a mechanism claim.
Replay fidelity: ability to reproduce same signature under matched metadata.
Pass island: contiguous V/F/T region where behavior meets criteria.
Bounded fix: smallest reversible mitigation with explicit rollback trigger.
Closure confidence: quality of proof that residual risk is controlled.