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Chunk finalization before emission

Offline diffusion changes a window. Streaming finalizes and emits a chunk, keeps selected state and starts the next chunk.

Chunk finalization before emissionOffline diffusion changes a window. Streaming finalizes and emits a chunk, keeps selected state and starts the next chunk. OFFLINE Fixed window All frames can change together. STREAMING t − 3 final t − 2 final t − 1 final t frontier t + 1 open t + 2 open Finalize and emit finalized chunk Keep state selected history Next chunk Chunks can change.
Figure 3. Streaming emits finalized chunks and keeps selected state for subsequent chunks. Offline diffusion can change the full window. The moving frontier is conceptual, not one implementation schedule for all implementations. The author made this diagram to show the relations. Open full-size SVG