Foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said today that it was engaging intellectual property player Virage Logic Corp. to develop libraries in support of early users of TSMC's 65nm technology.



The agreement provides chip designers with memory compilers for SoC designs, the foundry said. It announced plans for 65nm production earlier this year.



At every new technology node, the amount of chip space taken by on-chip memory increases dramatically, Edward Wan, senior director of design service marketing for TSMC, said in a statement. At the 65nm node, on-chip memory may occupy more space than logic or any other IP and therefore it's important for our customers to get early access to advanced memory compilers.



Virage Logic is both a provider of library products for a range of TSMC processes and a distributor of TSMC-developed libraries. Virage said it will offer multiple memory architectures for TSMC's 65nm processes in high-density, high-speed and ultra-low power applications.