1. A system comprising: at least one computing device adapted to prioritize a very large scale integration (VLSI) process, by performing actions comprising: querying a database for task-based data associated with a set of integrated circuit tasks; applying at least one rule to the task-based data to prioritize a first one of the set of integrated circuit tasks over a second one of the set of integrated circuit tasks; and providing a set of processing instructions for processing an integrated circuit according to the prioritization.