Case Study: Applied Materials cuts build time by 50% with Gradle Develocity

Applied Materials cuts build time by 50% with Gradle

Applied Materials, a major manufacturing company with $25B in revenue, faced challenges with slow builds and tests that negatively impacted developer productivity and efficiency. A lack of observability into performance regressions and failures also created troubleshooting delays. To address this, they turned to vendor Gradle and implemented their Develocity platform.

By using Gradle's Develocity with its Build Cache and Build Scan features, Applied Materials reduced their build times by 50%. The solution provided granular observability into all build processes, enabling more rapid resolution of failures. These performance gains dramatically improved developer productivity and helped recruit top talent, with the investment in Develocity being fully repaid in less than three months.

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