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DevOps Beyond Software: Establishing CI/CD Frameworks across Semiconductor and Cloud Engineering Lifecycles

2026 · International Journal of Emerging Trends in Computer Science and Information Technology · 0 citations

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This paper presents a realistic case study showing how the implementation of DevOps principles in cross-functional teams, with the help of the standardized pipelines and integrated automation, facilitates cooperation, reduces cycle times, enhances quality assurance and accelerates delivery outcomes.

Abstract

DevOps has changed the way we build and deploy software, focusing on collaboration, automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). This allows enterprises to provide software faster, with higher quality and greater operational efficiency. While these ideas are frequently employed in traditional software engineering, their use in other technological fields is still limited, despite increasing complexity and increasing demands of speed and dependability. In this post we discuss how CI/CD approaches may be used outside of software development to semiconductor and cloud engineering life-cycles. Disconnected workflows, lengthy validation cycles, varied toolchains and segregated teams can hinder productivity and creativity. Semiconductor creation entails complex procedures of design, simulation, verification and fabrication, while cloud engineering demands constant provisioning of infrastructure, managing configurations, ensuring security and deploying services in ever-changing settings. Such issues point to the necessity for a unified methodology that can integrate automation, traceability and constant feedback across many engineering disciplines. In this work, we propose a comprehensive CI/CD solution, which merges software, semiconductor and cloud engineering processes in one DevOps-driven approach. This framework brings together test automation, versioning, artifact management, infrastructure orchestration, design validation and continuous monitoring into a single scalable engineering environment. This paper presents a realistic case study showing how the implementation in cross-functional teams, with the help of the standardized pipelines and integrated automation, facilitates cooperation, reduces cycle times, enhances quality assurance and accelerates delivery outcomes. The results suggest that the use of DevOps principles in non-traditional domains can yield significant benefits in terms of operational consistency, reduction of human work, and end-to-end visibility along the product life cycle. This study adds to the knowledge of enterprise-wide DevOps adoption by providing a viable roadmap to organizations that aspire to integrate engineering processes, break down domain silos and realize continuous innovation across physical and digital technology ecosystems.

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