The Semiconductor Data Gravity Problem
4o What Is Data Gravity And Why It Matters In Semiconductors The term “data gravity” originated in cloud computing to describe a simple but powerful phenomenon: as data accumulates in one location, it becomes harder to move, and instead, applications, services, and compute resources are pulled toward it. In the semiconductor industry, this concept is not just relevant, it is central to understanding many of the collaboration and efficiency challenges teams face today. Semiconductor development depends on highly distributed toolchains. Design engineers work with EDA tools on secure clusters, test engineers rely on ATE systems, yield analysts process gigabytes of parametric data, and customer telemetry feeds back into field diagnostics. Consider a few common examples: Yet all of this breaks down when data cannot move freely across […]
