TSMC, Ansys, and Microsoft have collaborated to accelerate photonic simulations, achieving over a 10X speed-up using Ansys Lumerical software on Microsoft Azure virtual machines powered by NVIDIA GPUs. This collaboration aims to enhance the simulation of silicon photonic components, critical for applications like data communications, AI, and automotive LiDAR systems. The solution leverages the scalability of cloud-based computing to handle the complex multiphysics challenges of combining photonic and electronic circuits, ultimately advancing high-speed optical data transfer technology.
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