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• CAST JPEG 2000 Encoder Core now Faster and More Capable
  Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Jose, California, June 4, 2007—
  Second-generation core nearly doubles throughput speed and now integrates Tier-1 and Tier-2 functions to handle the biggest HDTV images without an external processor
• CAST Offers PCI Express Model, Highlights APS 32-bit Processor Cores at DAC 2007
  Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Jose, California, June 4, 2007—
  Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced a new downloadable free simulation model of its PCI Express IP core, and revealed details of a DAC demonstration and promotion for its APS 32-bit processor cores.
• CAST Releases DSP Coprocessor for Cortus APS 32-bit Processor Cores
  InStat Microprocessor Forum, San Jose, California, May 22, 2007—
  APS-DSP Coprocessor helps overcome the programming and hardware challenges of Digital Signal Processing applications for the 8051 upgrade market
• E2v Chooses 32-bit Processor for Upcoming Products: the Cortus APS3 Core from CAST
  DATE Conference, Nice, France, April 16, 2007 —
  Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced that e2v in Grenoble, France, has selected the APS3 IP core as its embedded processing core of choice for upcoming mixed-signal sensor and imaging system products....
• CAST Expands Image Compression Line with New JPEG-LS Encoder Core
  DATE Conference, Nice, France, April 16, 2007
  Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced that it has expanded its family of image compression IP products with a new lossless compression core using the JPEG-LS standard....
• CAST Selects Avery Design Systems for PCI Express Verification IP
  Woodcliff Lake, NJ, April 11, 2007 —
  Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced that it has begun using the PCI-Xactor™ test environment from Avery Design Systems to verify its current and future PCI Express IP cores...
• CAST’s High Performance H.264 Encoder Available Now in eASIC’s Zero Mask-charge NextremeTM Structured ASICs
  Santa Clara, California, March 28, 2007 —
  H264-MCE core delivers an unprecedented 150MHz performance in Nextreme devices
• CAST Partners with S2C for IP Distribution in China
  Woodcliff Lake, NJ, March 15, 2007 —
  S2C Provides Secure FPGA-Based Platform and Rapid Prototyping Environment for CAST H.264 and Other Key IP
• CAST PCI Express Core Achieves PCI-SIG Certification
  Woodcliff Lake, NJ, February 28, 2007 —
  Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced that its PCI Express Endpoint Controller core has passed the rigorous interoperability and compliance testing of the PCI-SIG, and appears on the PCI Express Integrators List (at www.pcisig.com).
• CAST Introduces SOC Kernels, Combining Essential IP Cores and Software for Easier System Development
  January 30, 2007, Santa Clara, California
  Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today described a new line of “SOC Kernels” aimed at developers of 32-bit System-on-Chip products.
• CAST Expands Memory Controller Line with IP Core for DDR2 SDRAM Devices
  January 30, 2007, Santa Clara, California
  Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced a new IP core that implements a controller for all industry-standard DDR and DDR2 memory devices.
• eASIC Teams with  CAST to Deliver ARM926EJ AMBA Compliant Peripherals for 90nm Nextreme™ Structured ASICs
  January 11, 2007, Santa Clara, California
  CAST joins eASIC's newly established  eZ-IP Alliance program — eASIC Corporation, a provider of Structured ASIC devices and Configurable Logic IP, today announced the availability of  ARM AMBA Platform IP (PIP-AMBA-E) from CAST for eASIC's 90nm Nextreme Structured ASIC product family. CAST, who joined the company's newly established eZ-IP Alliance program, will partner with eASIC to provide customers with the essential IP cores and software infrastructure for eASIC's soft ARM926EJ microprocessor core.