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Synopsys CODE V 2026.03 is the latest release of the industry’s gold-standard optical design and analysis software. Trusted by optical engineers worldwide for over 50 years, it provides comprehensive modeling, optimization, tolerancing, and fabrication support for imaging systems, photonic devices, and free-space optics from the extreme UV to far-infrared wavelengths. What’s New in CODE V 2026.03 AI Start Expert AI Start Expert is a locally executed generative AI tool that quickly generates high-quality starting-point lens designs based on basic specifications such as field of view, effective focal length, and aperture. This dramatically accelerates the early design phase and enables rapid exploration of multiple design candidates. Accelerated Custom Tolerancing Enhanced tolerancing tools now support parallelized Monte Carlo analysis and multicolor tolerancing,...

Luceda Photonics IPKISS Design Suite 2025.12 is the latest major version of the comprehensive photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design platform from Luceda Photonics. Built around IPKISS—a powerful parametric design framework in Python—it enables designers to create, simulate, layout, and verify photonic circuits with full control over geometry, simulation, and tape-out preparation. This release empowers PIC designers to work more efficiently, collaborate seamlessly, and gain deeper insights from the earliest design stages through streamlined PDK creation, interactive visualization, smarter placement & routing, native dummy fill support, and enhanced simulation robustness. The platform integrates layout (IPKISS Canvas), circuit simulation (Caphe), physical simulation (via PDKs and solvers), verification, and fabrication prep in one ecosystem, supporting foundry PDKs (SiFab, open-source, commercial) and enabling rapid...