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Read SemiWiki's recently published ‘CEO Interview’ with Dr. Adam Carter

SemiWiki’s insightful ‘CEO Interview’ with Dr. Adam Carter, by Daniel Nenni, describes OpenLight’s unique technology and business model.

“We enable our customers to create Photonic ASICs (PASICs Photonic Application Specific Integrated Circuits) rather than optical subassemblies,” explains Adam. “We do not manufacture products, instead, we provide design assistance to customers who lack expertise in silicon photonics. Additionally, we license access to a Process Design Kit (PDK) for customers to create their own PASICs. The intellectual property (IP) required to do this now includes over 350 patents and growing.

“OpenLight’s platform enables companies to design and manufacture at scale, which is crucial as the industry faces increasing demand in markets such as data centers, AI/ML, and high-performance computing (HPC). Our technology also enhances the performance, scalability, and manufacturability of critical photonic components, including waveguides, splitters, modulators, and photodetectors.”

The article goes on to look at how OpenLight meets customer needs for reliability and scalability; the license-based business model giving open access to its PDK; the 800G solutions offered; and its expanding, 1.6T CWDM portfolio.

Read the full article...

More Press releases

“We are now an independent company.”
Jul 2025

“We are now an independent company.”

Stated Adam Carter, CEO, OpenLight, in an interview with embedded.com as its series A investment round completes.

“We are now an independent company.”
OpenLight unveils first 800G DR8 photonic integrated circuit design to advance global datacenter interconnect industry
Dec 2022

OpenLight unveils first 800G DR8 photonic integrated circuit design to advance global datacenter interconnect industry

OpenLight speeds creation of 800G DR8 transceivers and accelerates time to market for data center applications.

OpenLight unveils first 800G DR8 photonic integrated circuit design to advance global datacenter interconnect industry
Announcing PDK availability with our unified electronic and photonic design platform
Nov 2022

Announcing PDK availability with our unified electronic and photonic design platform

Find out how our process design kit (PDK) streamlines end-to-end design of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with on-chip laser technology.

Announcing PDK availability with our unified electronic and photonic design platform