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Season's Greetings from 17³Ô¹Ï Photonic 17³Ô¹Ï! We extend our heartfelt thanks for your loyalty and support throughout the year. We're here to assist you with any needs or questions during this holiday season. Wishing you a joyous and prosperous holiday!

Photonic 17³Ô¹Ï Software Updates

17³Ô¹Ï OptoCompiler and 17³Ô¹Ï OptSim

17³Ô¹Ï OptoCompiler and 17³Ô¹Ï OptSim version 2024.09-SP1 include the following changes:

  • New constraint denoting that a net should be implemented by abutment directly, not allowing transparent connectors
  • Fixes and enhancements on transparent connector technology
  • Better visualization of generated waveguide crossings in crossing assistant

RSoft Photonic Device Tools

The RSoft Photonic Device Tools 2024.09-SP1 release includes:

  • Improvement to the RSoft CAD and other tools to relax the restriction on the number of characters in an expression (previously <80). Note the limitation on the number of characters in symbol names remains <32.
  • Improvements to DiffractMOD's feature for non-orthogonal unit cells. These include improvements on the numerical accuracy of the results,
  • as well as improvements on diagnostics such as Analyze Profile to show the full simulation domain along with and outline of the unit cell to indicate the portion actually relevant to the simulation.
  • Improvements to the coherent features of the RSoft BSDF UDOP for LightTools.
  • Changed default for internal FullWAVE optimizations that customers experienced issues with in 2024.09.  The change restores 2023.12 behavior.
  • Miscellaneous improvements/corrections.

For details about these and many other enhancements in this release, see the RSoft Photonic Device Tools Release Notes on SolvNetPlus.

If you have any questions about features in this release, please contact photonics_support@synopsys.com

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Industry Events

17³Ô¹Ï booth at OFC 2024

SPIE Photonics West ¨C Booth 543

January 28-30, 2025
San Francisco, California

OFC ¨C Booth 2818

April 1-3, 2025
San Francisco, California

Join 17³Ô¹Ï at OFC 2025, where we will be showcasing our 17³Ô¹Ï Electronic and Photonic IC Design 17³Ô¹Ï as well as our 17³Ô¹Ï IP 17³Ô¹Ï. Connect with our experts to explore how our innovative technologies can drive the success of your optical projects.

Spotlight on Recent Events

17³Ô¹Ï Hosts Optica¡¯s Photonic Enabled Cloud Computing Summit

Partnership with National Taipei University

17³Ô¹Ï has partnered with National Taipei University of Technology in the 'Team Teaching with Industry Experts in Higher Education' initiative. 

17³Ô¹Ï Receives Multiple TSMC Partner of the Year Awards

17³Ô¹Ï Photonic 17³Ô¹Ï Training at National Sun Yat-sen University

As part of a long-term partnership with Professor Yung-Jr Hung at National Sun Yat-sen University, the 17³Ô¹Ï Photonic 17³Ô¹Ï team conducted a two-day training course for 17³Ô¹Ï OptoCompiler in August 2024.

Streamline Photonic Design with 17³Ô¹Ï' Cloud-Based SaaS Platform

17³Ô¹Ï' Photonic Cloud instance provides cloud-based tools for designing and optimizing photonic integrated circuits, offering scalability, seamless EDA integration, and a collaborative environment. It aims to streamline the photonic design process and reduce associated costs.

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Customer Support Hours in December

From December 24, 2024 to January 1, 2025, Photonic 17³Ô¹Ï technical support will be unavailable. We will respond to product support and general inquiries for all products starting on January 2, 2025.  

Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

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IEEE Photonics Benelux Annual Symposium 2024, held on 4-5 November at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands

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