Synopsys to sell Optical Solutions Group to Keysight as part of Ansys deal
EDA vendor Synopsys is to sell its Optical Solutions Group to Keysight Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
The Synopsys Optical Solutions Group (OSG) provides design tools to help optical engineers develop optical systems and last week launched the industry’s first end-to-end optical design and simulation tool.
The deal is seen as key to the proposed $35bn acquisition of Ansys which is currently pending regulatory approvals and expected to close in the first half of 2025. The OSG deal is also subject to customary closing conditions, including review by regulatory authorities, and the closing of the Ansys deal.
OSG provides design tools and services to model all aspects of light propagation for high-accuracy optical product simulations and visualizations. This includes products such as: CODE V for imaging systems design, LightTools illumination design software, LucidShape for automotive lighting design, RSoft Photonic Device Tools, and the ImSym virtual prototyping platform for imaging systems.
The Optical Solutions Group will bring a suite of software solutions for optical systems design, analysis, simulation, and virtual prototyping, as well as a seasoned team with deep industry expertise.
This will broaden Keysight’s design engineering software portfolio and build on its core positions in radio frequency (RF) / microwave electronic design automation (EDA) and physics-based computer-aided engineering capabilities.
Niels Faché, Vice President and General Manager, Keysight’s Design Engineering Software, said: “Given the increasing complexity of electronics design, Keysight is excited to expand its software simulation portfolio with the acquisition of Synopsys’ Optical Solutions Group. This acquisition will give us the capabilities to enable high-performance system use cases beyond electronics, including optics and photonics. We look forward to welcoming the business’ employees to Keysight when the transaction closes and working with them to address customers’ critical design challenges requiring multi-physics simulations to predict product performance.”
“We are proud of Synopsys’ Optical Solutions Group, which has developed leading optical design tools backed by an expert team of optical engineers and scientists,” said Ravi Subramanian, general manager of the Systems Design Group at Synopsys. “Keysight will be an excellent future steward for this team, and customers worldwide will benefit from continued, strong competition in the development and delivery of optical design solutions.”
Synopsys says it is committed to a seamless transition for the OSG team, customers and partners. Until the transaction closes, OSG will operate business-as-usual, as part of Synopsys
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