Cadence Collaborates with GlobalFoundries to Advance Silicon Photonics IC Design

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Mar 07, 2022

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced a collaboration with GlobalFoundries (GF) aimed at speeding silicon photonics IC development for 5G communications, hyperscale computing, healthcare, automotive, IoT and aerospace systems. Through this collaboration, the Cadence® photonics solution, an integrated electronic/photonic design automation environment (EPDA), has been optimized for the new GF Fotonix™ platform, its next-generation, widely disruptive, monolithic platform that is the first in the industry to combine its differentiated 300mm photonics and RF-CMOS features on a silicon wafer, delivering best-in-class performance at scale.