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OpenLight in open source photonics tool deal

OpenLight in open source photonics tool deal

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By Nick Flaherty



OpenLight has signed a strategic partnership with the creators of the popular open-source tool GDSFactory for its photonic chips.

The PH18DA photonics process from Tower Semiconductor will be supported in GDSFactory+ for end-to-end chip design. By integrating UI tools, advanced verification capabilities and professional support, GDSFactory+ lowers the barriers to photonic integrated circuit design to boost the adoption of OpenLight’s technology. 

OpenLight’s PASIC technology integrates all the components of silicon photonics devices, both active and passive components, into one chip.

The partnership will focus on enabling broader adoption of heterogeneously integrated InP-based silicon photonics chips, with applications spanning 800G data communications, artificial intelligence (AI), sensing, LiDAR technologies, quantum computing and consumer applications.  

CEO interview: Dr Adam Carter of photonic chip designer OpenLight

The collaboration will enable engineers to use GDSFactory to create designs using OpenLight’s photonic process design kit (PDK) to support the fabrication of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) using Tower Semiconductor’s PH18DA fabrication process. OpenLight’s PDK will be one of the first fully supported PDKs on the new GDSFactory+ platform from DoplayDo. 

GDSFactory is one of the world’s most widely used open source chip design frameworks, with over 2 million downloads and 75 contributors worldwide, and has been used by Google, Intel, PsiQuantum, Rockley Photonics and OpenLight co-founder Juniper Networks,

Under the partnership, companies will be able to develop their designs with a suite of streamlined end-to-end design workflows, including Design Rule Check (DRC), Layout vs. Schematic (LVS) and simulations — all critical processes to ensure PIC designs are manufacturable, functional and optimized for performance before fabrication.  

“Yole Group forecasted that the silicon photonics market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45% from 2023 to at least $863M by 2029. As AI models increase in size and complexity, the need for faster data processing and transfer becomes essential. Our collaboration with DoplayDo/GDS Factory represents a major milestone in addressing the unique challenges of photonic circuit design,” said Dr. Adam Carter, CEO of OpenLight.

“By providing a comprehensive platform for the design, prototyping and manufacturing of PICs, we’re expanding the silicon photonics ecosystem by streamlining and reducing design process time, improving accuracy and ensuring devices meet performance and manufacturability requirements that are transformative.”  

“OpenLight’s technology platform provides a strong foundation for the next generation of high-performance, energy-efficient devices,” said DoplayDo’s CEO Troy Tamas. “Our design kit and advanced tooling will enable companies to more easily get started building with it, with the confidence of first-pass success. The GDSFactory team, together with OpenLight, is enabling companies to design with confidence and accelerate their time to market in this rapidly evolving field.”  

www.openlightphotonics.com; www.gdsfactory.com. 

 

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