Nazca Design & Cloud

PIC-layout, simulatie & validatie toegankelijk gemaakt.

Nazca Design en Nazca Cloud helpen PIC-ontwerpers, foundries en engineeringteams fotonische geïntegreerde circuits te creëren, simuleren en valideren in een schaalbare ontwerpomgeving.

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Introductie

Een PIC-ontwerpframework gebouwd voor geïntegreerde fotonica

Nazca Design is a Python-based PIC design framework developed by Bright Photonics. It supports PIC layout, simulation and validation, giving designers the freedom to build complex photonic integrated circuit designs in their own development environment.

Nazca Cloud extends this framework with PDKs, compact models, circuit simulations. Together, Nazca Design and Nazca Cloud support a structured, scalable and test-compatible PIC development flow.

Hoe Nazca werkt

Lokaal ontwerpen, uitbreiden via de cloud

Flexible PIC Layouts
Nazca Design allows users to create PIC layouts on their own laptop, in the editor of their choice, such as VS Code, Visual Studio or PyCharm. The framework runs in Python and includes source code access, giving designers flexibility and control over their design flow.
Access Advanced Cloud-Based Extensions
Nazca Cloud adds advanced functionality through cloud-based extensions. Users can connect to the cloud through Nazca API modules and access PDKs, compact models, simulations and extra building blocks such as MMIs, AWGs and spirals.
Cloud validation for PIC design
This combination allows teams to work with local design freedom while using cloud-supported validation, models and technology-specific extensions for more predictable PIC design.

PIC designersFor commercial, research and academic PIC designers who need a flexible framework for layout-aware design, simulation and validation.
FoundriesFor foundries and technology platforms that need to create, maintain and distribute PDKs, ADKs, compact models and design validation workflows.
Students & teachersFor education and training in integrated photonics. Nazca Design is open source and includes demo PDKs and application designs.

Belangrijkste mogelijkheden

Meer dan PIC-layoutsoftware

Nazca supports photonic integrated circuit development across layout, modelling, simulation and validation.

1. PIC layout creation
2. Layout-aware netlist building
3. Native compact-model integration
4. Multi-foundry design in one environment
5. PDK, TDK and ADK support
6. DRC and circuit validation
7. S-matrix simulations
8. Design modules for MMIs, AWGs, spirals and other building blocks
9. Package templates
10. Connections to propagation simulators
11. Connections to mode-solvers
12. Scalable and hierarchical validation for complex circuit designs

Waarom het ertoe doet

Voorspelbaar PIC-ontwerp begint met gevalideerde tools

PIC development becomes more reliable when layout, simulation, models and validation are connected from the start. Nazca Design and Nazca Cloud help teams work with qualified PDKs, compact models and test-compatible simulations, reducing uncertainty throughout the design process.

For Bright Photonics, Nazca is part of a broader engineering philosophy: making complex integrated photonics accessible without compromising technical depth, precision or scalability.

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Jaar ontwikkeling
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PIC-ontwerpen getaped-out
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Geïmplementeerde PDKs
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Photonics has moved beyond the era of code-first layouts and fragile software wrappers. As PIC designs become more complex, high-speed optical design requires the same physical discipline and long-term reliability that are standard in RF and mixed-signal IC design.

Nazca Design brings this engineering mindset into the photonic design workflow. It provides a Python-based, self-contained PIC layout, simulation and validation framework built for stability, reproducibility and strict backward compatibility. With a decade-long track record in real PIC design, Nazca treats design IP as a long-term asset. Layouts remain reliable, maintainable and repeatable over time, supporting the level of confidence required for commercial photonic integrated circuit development.

Ecosysteem

Actief in het hele ecosysteem van geïntegreerde fotonica

Nazca Cloud modules

Breid uw PIC-ontwerpflow uit wanneer nodig

Nazca Design is available as a free PIC design framework. Nazca Cloud provides paid extension modules for teams that need additional functionality, validation and technology access, saving you the time of building, validating and maintaining it yourself.

Nazca Cloud can include:

Short-term and long-term subscriptions
One or more PDKs
Compact models for PDKs
DRC and circuit validation
S-matrix simulations
Design modules for MMIs, AWG, spirals and other components
PDK, DRC and model implementations for foundries
Testbench, digital twins and a virtual lab

De link met Bright Photonics

Ontwikkeld door PIC-ontwerpers, voor PIC-ontwikkeling

Nazca Design and Nazca Cloud are developed by Bright Photonics, a company with more than 15 years of specialised experience in integrated photonic development.

Because Nazca is built by engineers who work on real PIC projects, the platform is closely connected to practical design challenges, state of the art validation needs and manufacturability requirements.

It is not only a software environment. It is part of how Bright Photonics makes PIC development more structured, repeatable and accessible.

Meer diensten

Breng structuur in uw PIC-ontwerpflow

Of u nu PICs ontwerpt, PDKs bouwt, circuits valideert of met meerdere foundry-platformen werkt: Nazca Design en Nazca Cloud helpen u een schaalbaarder en betrouwbaarder ontwikkelproces op te zetten.

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