2026 Outlook with Nilesh Kamdar of Keysight EDA

Nilesh Kamdar, General Manager of Keysight EDA, discusses the company's focus on providing design, emulation, and test solutions for engineers facing RFMW, high-speed digital, systems, power, and photonic design challenges. Key highlights of 2025 include acquiring Synopsys’ Optical Solutions Group and Ansys’ PowerArtist to enhance their portfolio and address multi-physics simulation needs. The company's biggest challenge is guiding customers on their AI journey while ensuring careful and secure deployment. Keysight is incorporating AI features to accelerate verification and educate on its value in design workflows. The company anticipates multi-physics simulation to be a significant growth area in 2026, focusing on improving co-design and co-verification capabilities. Keysight is at the forefront of integrating AI into their products to enhance productivity and solve real customer problems.