TowerJazz, Cadence and Lumerical Deliver Silicon-Photonics and SiGe- Integrated PDK with a Complete Optical Transceiver Desig...
July 10 2019 - 6:00AM
NEWS
ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Targeting 400Gb and 800Gb optical fiber
applications in data center and telecommunications
markets
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, San Jose, CA and
Vancouver, BC, July 10, 2019 – TowerJazz,
the global specialty foundry leader, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CDNS), and Lumerical Inc., a leading developer of photonic
design and simulation tools, today announced the availability of a
complete custom design Silicon Photonics (SiPho) and Silicon
Germanium (SiGe) integrated process design kit (PDK). The
differentiated PDK is based on the Cadence® Virtuoso® custom IC
design platform, providing native synthesis using the Cadence
CurvyCore engine and Electrical-Optical co-simulation capability in
Lumerical’s photonic integrated circuit simulator INTERCONNECT. The
complete, photonics-optimized solution provides SiPho designers
with a single, streamlined design environment for developing
complex multi-fabric systems, while enabling them to collaborate in
a shared IC design environment to leverage the electro-optical
interface that is critical for enabling 400GB optical
transceivers.
“We are excited to expand our industry-leading
SiPho technology, and to be the first major foundry to offer,
through this collaboration with Cadence and Lumerical, the
co-optimization of electrical SiGe and optical SiPho components in
a single EDA environment,” said Marco Racanelli, senior vice
president and general manager of the Analog IC Business
Unit at TowerJazz. “This new capability enables our mutual
customers to shortcut development cycles and accelerate the
introduction of 400Gb and 800Gb breakthrough products.”
Customers using the new TowerJazz PDK can now
confidently synthesize non-Manhattan shaped photonics
designs utilizing the Cadence CurvyCore technology, which
allows to systematically manage curvilinear shapes within the
Cadence Virtuoso design environment using its high-performance
shape generation and manipulation infrastructure with dedicated
SKILL API.Delivery of the new TowerJazz PDK encompasses the
previously available Lumerical Compact Model Library (CML) to
enable a proven, complete solution incorporating co-simulation
utilizing industry leading tools.
“TowerJazz and Cadence customers can begin
leveraging the high-performance shape generation technology within
the Virtuoso design environment to further advance the development
of complete multi-chip photonics systems,” said Glen Clark,
Vice President, Research and Development at Cadence. “TowerJazz,
Lumerical and Cadence have a long history of collaboration
that enables our mutual customers to achieve success in delivering
quality products to market faster and easier.”
“A touchstone of the commercialization of
photonics is ecosystem development by world class companies,” said
James Pond, Lumerical CTO. “Our partnership with Cadence and
TowerJazz enables photonic integrated circuit designers to
co-simulate their electro-optical and photonic components using
leading tools they are familiar with, and fabricate those designs
at TowerJazz, a foundry they have utmost confidence in.”
For additional information about TowerJazz’s
technology, please click here.For additional information about
Cadence, please click here.For additional information about
Lumerical, please click here.
About TowerJazz
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE:
TSEM) and its subsidiaries operate collectively under the brand
name TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader. TowerJazz
manufactures next-generation integrated circuits (ICs) in growing
markets such as consumer, industrial, automotive, medical and
aerospace and defense. TowerJazz’s advanced technology is comprised
of a broad range of customizable process platforms such as SiGe,
BiCMOS, mixed-signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensor, integrated
power management (BCD and 700V), and MEMS. TowerJazz also provides
world-class design enablement for a quick and accurate design cycle
as well as Transfer Optimization and development Process Services
(TOPS) to IDMs and fabless companies that need to expand capacity.
To provide multi-fab sourcing and extended capacity for its
customers, TowerJazz operates two manufacturing facilities in
Israel (150mm and 200mm), two in the U.S. (200mm) and three
facilities in Japan (two 200mm and one 300mm) through its
partnership with Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co. LTD. For
more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com.
About Cadence
Cadence enables electronic systems and
semiconductor companies to create the innovative end products that
are transforming the way people live, work and play.
Cadence® software, hardware and semiconductor IP are used by
customers to deliver products to market faster. The company’s
Intelligent System Design strategy helps customers develop
differentiated products—from chips to boards to systems—in mobile,
consumer, cloud data center, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial
and other market segments. Cadence is listed as one of Fortune
Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For. Learn more
at www.cadence.com.
About Lumerical
Lumerical develops photonic simulation software
– tools which enable product designers to understand light, and
predict how it behaves within complex structures, circuits, and
systems. Since being founded in 2003, Lumerical has grown to
license its design tools in over 50 countries and its customers
include 10 of the top 15 companies in the S&P 1200 Global IT
index, and 46 of the top 50 research universities as rated by the
Times Higher Education rankings. 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 scientific publications and patents.
Lumerical enables its customers to achieve more with light and
establish a leading position in the development of transformative
technologies employing photonics. For more information, please
visit www.lumerical.com.
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsThis press release includes forward-looking
statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may vary from those projected or implied by such
forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks and
uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking
statements included in this press release or which may otherwise
affect TowerJazz’s business is included under the heading "Risk
Factors" in Tower’s most recent filings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4 and
6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz’s most recent
filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC,
respectively. Tower and Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly
disclaim any obligation to update, the information contained in
this release.
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TowerJazz Company Contact: Orit
Shahar | +972-74-7377440 | oritsha@towersemi.comTowerJazz
Investor Relations Contact: Noit Levi | +972-4-604-7066 |
noit.levi@towerjazz.com
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