The libraries are available from TSMC's third-party library partners, including Artisan Components, Nurlogic Design, Synopsys and Virage Logic. TSMC previously taped out half a dozen customer designs using early versions of these advanced 0.15-micron libraries from several of these partners.
Libraries are the building blocks of today's complex chips.
In addition to its already robust library offering for larger geometries, TSMC now offers solutions for its 0.15 low-voltage process and is developing solutions for the 0.15 generic process. TSMC continues to develop libraries for different 0.15-micron process derivatives as demand requires. TSMC offers these process derivatives and supporting libraries to broaden support of designers' critical requirements for performance, power and leakage. These libraries enable designers to shorten the design cycle time. The libraries were developed by both TSMC and its third-party partners for applications in the communications, graphics, networking, computing and consumer products markets.