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This partnership establishes a critical design-to-fabrication workflow for InP-on-silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs), directly addressing the need for optical interconnects in AI infrastructure. By integrating OpenLight's process design kit with Cadence EDA tools, Tower Semiconductor lowers the barrier to entry for developing active monolithic PICs that combine lasers, modulators, and amplifiers on a single chip. This advancement represents a significant step toward practical photonic solutions required to scale data center bandwidth and accelerate AI model training.
OpenLight and Tower Semiconductor Expand PH18DA Photonics Ecosystem to Accelerate Photonic IC Development
Home » Press Releases OpenLight and Tower Semiconductor Expand PH18DA Photonics Ecosystem to Accelerate Photonic IC Development OpenLight’s PDK is now available on Cadence’s EDA tools, enabling PIC development on Tower’s PH18DA InP-on-silicon photonics platform SANTA BARBARA, Calif., and MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, – August 11, 2026 – OpenLight, a leader in heterogeneous III V on silicon […]
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., and MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, – August 11, 2026 – OpenLight, a leader in heterogeneous III V on silicon photonic integration and custom Photonic Application Specific Integrated Circuits (PASICs), and Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/TASE: TSEM), the leading foundry for high-value analog semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of OpenLight’s photonic Process Design Kit (PDK) for Tower Semiconductor’s PH18DA indium phosphide (InP)-on-silicon photonics platform in Cadence’s electronic design automation (EDA) tools. Developed through close technical collaboration…
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