{"id":15487,"date":"2026-06-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=63098797deb58e8afe3f6fda35b21301"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:00:00","slug":"keysight-expands-photonics-design-ecosystem-with-globalfoundries-pdk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=15487","title":{"rendered":"Keysight Expands Photonics Design Ecosystem with GlobalFoundries PDK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nEnables engineers to simulate photonic integrated circuits and validate optical link performance in a single environment<\/p><\/a><\/a>

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keysight Technologies, Inc.<\/a> (NYSE: KEYS) announced support for GlobalFoundries\u2019 (GF) silicon photonics process technology in its Advanced Design System (ADS) Photonic Designer, expanding its foundry ecosystem for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) development. Designers can move from PIC design to full electro-optical-electrical (EOE) system simulation within a single environment, validating how photonic circuits perform at the optical link level before tapeout.<\/p>

\nAs silicon photonics moves into volume production<\/a> across data centers, AI infrastructure, and optical communications, designing a photonic integrated circuit is only part of the challenge. Engineers need to confirm its performance within an EOE system. Traditional workflows separate these steps, forcing teams to move between PIC design tools and system simulation platforms. This introduces risk and delays validation until late in the development cycle.<\/p>

\nKeysight\u2019s PDK for ADS Photonic Designer addresses this by connecting PIC design with system level EOE simulation. Engineers can now design photonic circuits on GF\u2019s platform, then validate full optical link behavior, including eye diagram analysis and signal integrity metrics such as transmission dispersion eye closure quaternary (TDECQ), without switching tools. Built on physics based models aligned to GF\u2019s silicon photonics process, the PDK ensures that PIC simulations correlate to fabricated silicon, while validation at the system level ensures the desired channel link performance is achieved.<\/p>

\nThese PIC and system performance are critical for high-speed optical interconnect architecture development, and further down the design process where photonic and electronic performance must be verified together. Engineers designing optical transceivers and co-packaged optics can use Keysight FlexDCA oscilloscope software during design to ensure the best possible simulation to measurements correlation and the best possible predictive results.<\/p>

\nKey benefits include:<\/b><\/p>