Simplify Electronic-Photonic Design Workflows: eBook

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Semiconductor Engineering published an eBook on the natural evolution of EDA toward photonic device, circuit and system design methods. Driven by surging bandwidth demand, power and latency constraints, and the rapid adoption of silicon photonics, traditional EDA flows cannot handle photonics' complex physics and deep integration, and engineers need to move to electronic-photonic design automation (EPDA), a new design paradigm for delivering scalable, manufacturable optoelectronic systems.

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The natural evolution of EDA, extending proven design methodologies to include photonic devices, circuits, and systems.

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Combining light-based components with traditional electronics is not straightforward. Conventional electronic design automation (EDA) workflows were never built to handle the complex physics and deep integration demanded by photonics. As optical and electronic technologies converge, engineers face tighter cross-domain coupling and unprecedented system-level complexity.

Addressing these challenges requires a new design paradigm: electronic photonic design automation (EPDA).

Driven by exploding bandwidth demands, power and latency constraints, and the rapid adoption of silicon photonics, EPDA is no longer optional — it is essential for delivering scalable, manufacturable electronic photonic systems.