CompoundTek delivers Si photonics PDK in partnership with EDA leader Mentor and photonics simulation leader Lumerical
Summary
CompoundTek, a global foundry services leader in emerging silicon photonic solutions (SiPh), recently partnered with leading Electronic Design Automation (EDA) vendor Mentor, a Siemens business, and leading photonic simulation software provider Lumerical to deliver CompoundTek’s SiPh Process Design Kit (PDK) across its global commercial customer base. Successful flows must be built with the cooperation of EDA, Photonic Design Automation, and foundries, with unrelenting focus on the customers’ needs,” said Dr. James Pond, Chief Technology Officer, Lumerical. CompoundTek, based in Singapore, boasts of an operation that include strategic partnerships with a leading fabrication service provider in Malaysia and renowned global SiPh research institutes. CompoundTek’s global customers span leading brands and FORTUNE 500 companies in high-growth industries including artificial intelligence, automotive, bio-medical diagnostics, data centre, lidar, smart sensor, telecommunication and quantum optical computing. Lumerical’s substantial impact on the photonic design and simulation community means its tools are among the most widely cited in the scientific press, with references in more than 10,000 academic publications and patents.