Keysight Technologies announced the completion of the acquisition of Synopsys’ optical solutions business group and Ansys’ PowerArtist business. The acquisition will complement and expand Keysight's design engineering software portfolio and computer-aided engineering capabilities to help customers accelerate innovative designs to market.
Keysight Technology pointed out that as a leading developer of optical design and analysis software tools, the Optical Solutions Group brings smart predictive optical design tools to the company, including CODE V for imaging system design, LightTools for lighting design, LucidShape for automotive lighting design, ImSym for imaging system virtual prototyping, and RSoft photonic component tools for rigorous electromagnetic simulation of photonic and optoelectronic components.
PowerArtist specializes in pre-synthesis power consumption analysis and provides a comprehensive register transfer level (RTL) power consumption design platform. It is suitable for early power consumption analysis and power consumption reduction in semiconductor design, and can be widely used in various terminal industries.
Keysight Technology stated that the outstanding teams from the Optical Solutions Group and PowerArtist bring decades of innovation and technology leadership experience, which will further enhance Keysight Technology’s system-level simulation capabilities and empower customers to drive innovation faster and with higher accuracy.
Niels Faché, senior vice president of design engineering software at Keysight, pointed out that through the acquisition of the Optical Solutions Group and PowerArtist, Keysight is expanding its capabilities in high-performance and multi-physics design. These new technologies enhance system-level simulation to make power, optics and photonics design decisions earlier and more accurately. By integrating world-class optical expertise and leading RTL power analysis, we further strengthen our position as a trusted partner in high-performance, multi-domain system designs spanning RF, analog, digital, photonics and optics, operating in an open and vendor-agnostic ecosystem.
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