Artisan, TSMC Team to Develop Libraries for 0.13-Micron Geometries News from E-InSite Artisan Components Inc. said today it has signed a licensing agreement with TaiwanSemiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to develop library products for the Taiwanesefoundry's 0.13-micron process technology The physical IP library firm said the agreement will provide its customers with aunified library roadmap for multiple process generations, including 0.25-micron down to0.13-micron. Under terms of the deal, Artisan will develop a set of physical libraries,including SAGE-X standard cells and RAM, register file and ROM generators optimized forTSMC's process technology. All of the libraries are available from the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's freelibrary program in cooperation with TSMC's library partner program. The libraries canbe downloaded from Artisan's web site, the company said.