India, Oct. 20 -- There's a quiet shift happening inside the semiconductor world. It doesn't show up in glossy chip launches, but it changes how chips get made.

For decades, design and manufacturing felt like two separate universes: engineers sketching circuits on one side, huge fabrication plants humming along on the other. Today, data is what ties them together.

But, here's the thing! The real challenge isn't how much data the industry produces. It's whether the data from design, simulation, manufacturing and testing can be connected and used as one story. A chip's journey generates enormous information at every step. When those pieces talk to each other, engineers decide faster and fix problems sooner. When they don't, even the best ...