Cadence Deepens AI Photonic Design Ties with Flexcompute Partnership

Cadence Design Systems has partnered with Flexcompute to introduce the PhotonForge Connector for Cadence Virtuoso Studio. This connector integrates GPU-based photonic simulation into Cadence workflows, targeting electronic photonic design automation for AI data center and advanced photonic applications. The collaboration builds on Cadence's efforts around agent-based AI and system-level simulation with NVIDIA technologies. The connector keeps Cadence tools close to customers working on bandwidth-hungry, power-sensitive AI hardware.