Xelic was acquired by Ciena in the second quarter of fiscal 2022.

Xelic was a privately held engineering services and standards based core provider company with a primary focus on the development of Networking IP used for both ASIC and FPGA telecom applications, including a strong history in ASIC design/verification methodology. Xelic brings Ciena highly-skilled engineering talent as well as key technology and intellectual property to continue advancing Ciena’s market-leading WaveLogic coherent technology roadmap.