Rockley Selects Synopsys for Silicon Photonics Design Solutions Synopsys Provides Complete Front-to-Back Photonic IC Design Solutions, Supported by Photonics Experts News provided by Share this article Share this article MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that Rockley Photonics, a leading global supplier of integrated optical chips and modules, has adopted Synopsys solutions to accelerate the design and verification of silicon photonics for sensing and datacom applications. Rockley is using tools from Synopsys' Photonic Solutions platform, including OptoCompiler ™, OptoDesigner, OptSim ™ Circuit, RSoft ™ Photonic Device Tools and IC Validator. Rockley plans to use Synopsys solutions to design and optimize photonic devices, create process design kits (PDKs) and tape out photonic ICs.