This startup provides a software platform that optimizes chip development workflows by integrating design, simulation, and testing processes. By enhancing collaboration and reducing time-to-market, it addresses inefficiencies in hardware development that can lead to increased costs and delays.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
The development of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and other chips involves complex, iterative workflows across design, simulation, and testing, often leading to inefficiencies, increased costs, and delays in time-to-market. Existing electronic design automation (EDA) tools can be difficult to integrate and lack the collaborative features needed for modern chip development.
Solution
GDS Factory + is a cloud-enabled software platform designed to streamline chip development, offering an integrated environment for design, verification, and validation. The platform supports programmatic creation of reproducible layouts for photonic, quantum, and analog chips. It eliminates complex installation processes by operating within a standard code editor and provides tools for rapid simulation, error detection, and collaborative review. GDS Factory + aims to accelerate the chip development cycle, reduce errors, and improve team productivity through its unified interface and automated workflows.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes design teams working on photonic integrated circuits (PICs), quantum computing hardware, and analog chips, as well as organizations seeking to modernize their chip development processes.
Features
- Integrated design environment supporting Python, YAML, and graphical user interface (GUI) inputs
- Rapid schematic, layout, and simulation capabilities within a single editor
- Design rule checking (DRC) and layout vs. schematic (LVS) verification to identify and resolve errors
- Data storage and analysis extension for managing measurements, simulations, and analysis results
- Collaborative features for team-based review, error remediation, and version comparison
- Support for 25+ process design kits (PDKs) and integration with 20+ industry tools
- SAX simulator for fast circuit simulation
- AI-assisted design features for chip generation and editing
- Browser-based interface, eliminating complex installations