SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 23, 2024 — PASIC chip design and manufacturing firm OpenLight right this moment introduced a partnership with Epiphany, a fabless photonic design home, aimed toward advancing the photonic built-in circuit (PIC) design ecosystem.
By means of this partnership, Epiphany will acquire entry to OpenLight’s open heterogeneously built-in III-V-based PDK, offering extra choices and suppleness for mutual prospects. By collaborating with Epiphany, OpenLight additional broadens the scope of design prospects, paving the best way for extra progressive and optimized PIC options throughout datacom, LiDAR, AI, healthcare and quantum computing functions.
In accordance with market analysis agency IDTechEx, the general PIC market is about to develop to over $22 billion by 2034, pushed by key developments in expertise and functions. The combination of PICs is predicted to reinforce enterprise processes throughout a number of sectors by bettering vitality effectivity, lowering operational prices and supporting quicker and extra dependable community connections.
“Not like typical silicon-based semiconductors, there’s a big scarcity of expertise able to designing superior PICs. Our objective is to make the transformative advantages of heterogeneously built-in silicon photonics PICs accessible to extra customers,” mentioned Dr. Adam Carter, CEO of OpenLight. “By partnering with Epiphany, we’re bringing on PIC design consultants who can instantly help prospects to create distinctive, customized options utilizing our expertise. We’re not simply bridging gaps — we’re paving a superhighway for innovation, accelerating growth and reducing price limitations.”
“The built-in photonics panorama is evolving at a breakneck tempo, but it stays a fragmented ecosystem with important barricades,” mentioned Jörn Epping, co-founder and CEO of Epiphany. “With OpenLight’s expertise, we will leverage our experience in built-in actives and passives to streamline design processes and deal with the dearth of integration and accessibility whereas rushing up the adoption of built-in photonics expertise throughout industries.”
The marketplace for heterogeneously built-in PICs remains to be growing, with standardized processes and customary optical take a look at approaches but to be established. OpenLight’s open PDK provides important benefits with a complete library of design elements, supporting a number of platforms and applied sciences and facilitating collaboration between totally different gamers within the photonics ecosystem — from designers and producers to finish customers.
With Epiphany’s experience in integrating lively and passive elements in photonic designs and OpenLight’s superior PDK expertise, our PIC design companies supply enhanced functionalities and customization to satisfy buyer wants.
