24/09/2026
CadenceCONNECT Photonics is back, and this year, we're marking a decade of transformation in the photonic IC industry. Join Cadence and industry leaders on October 14 and 15, 2026.
Ten years ago, photonic ICs were a promising idea sitting on the edge of the possible. Immature design flows. Limited manufacturing. An unproven business case. Today? The tooling is there. The PDKs are there. The foundry capacity is there. Photonics has moved from feasibility to scale—and it's now woven into the AI infrastructure.
This year's CadenceCONNECT Photonics theme celebrates exactly that journey: from an early glimmer of potential, to proven application, to global impact at scale.
Before the industry looks ahead to the next decade, we want to ground the conversation in how we actually got here—and what that means for what comes next.
📅14 Oct 2026 - 15 Oct 2026
📍San Jose, CA, USA
Learn More: https://events.cadence.com/event/98a76b4c-012e-4c45-af77-f4b91812731a/MainEventSummary?environment=P2&RefId=eventspage