Virage Logic joins Power.org community

PISCATAWAY, USA: Power.org, the organization that promotes and develops standards for Power Architecture technology, today announced that Virage Logic Corp., the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, has joined Power.org as a participant member.

Virage Logic provides an extensive range of semiconductor IP that removes the traditional bottleneck in processor design -- access to embedded memories and silicon implementation -- speeding time-to-market and helping minimize design costs.

"The strength of a processor is dependent on its peripherals and with Virage Logic's production-proven, advanced interface IP solutions, PowerPC-based designs can leverage the critical IP required for successful SoC designs," said Power.org CTO, Kaveh Massoudian.

"The company's technology and expertise will provide a valuable asset to the Power Architecture ecosystem, making Power Architecture technology available to the mass market and to the mainstream fabless semiconductor market."

Recently, Virage Logic announced an agreement with IBM designating the company as an IBM PowerPC Design Center, granting it the rights to license and distribute IBM's PowerPC processor and peripheral cores when combined with Virage Logic's broad portfolio of semiconductor IP.

"Our participation in Power.org allows us to broaden the portfolio of highly differentiated silicon-proven IP available to the Power.org community," said Dr. Yankin Tanurhan, vice president and general manager, non-volatile memory (NVM) solutions, Virage Logic. "We look forward to working closely with members of the organization to drive innovation while helping them achieve their cost, performance and time-to-market goals."