Our family of microcontroller and microprocessor related cores includes capable and competitive 32-bit BA22s and the best-available set of proven 8051s.

BA22 32-bit Processors
Family Overview

Application Processors
• BA25 Adv. App. Processor
• BA22 Basic App. Processor

Embedded Processors
• BA22 Real-Time Embedded
• BA22 Deeply Embedded
• BA21 Low Power

8051 Compatibles
Family Overview
• 8051 very fast
• 8051 tiny
• 8051 entry-level
• 80251 MCS251 & MCS51

Other Processors
• See Legacy Cores >

Peripheral Platforms
& AMBA Infrastructure
• BA2x AHB Platform
• BA2x AXI Platform
• AMBA Infrastructure Cores
• AHB 32-bit DMA

Other Peripherals
• See Interconnects &
Peripherals Cores >

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These video and image compression cores help you handle video compression for demanding, high-quality applications or choose the best type of image compression for your specific system.

Video
H.264/AVC
• High Profile Encoder
• Main Profile Encoder
• Baseline Encoder
• Intra Video Decoder
• H.264 Platform
• Hardware RTP Stack

JPEG
• Encoder
• Decoder
• Codec
• Scalado Encoder
• 12/8-bit Extended Encoder

JPEG 2000
• Encoder
• J2K Platform

Block/Raster Converters
• block-to-raster
• raster-to-block
• raster-block bidirect

Lossless Compression
• LJPEG Encoder
• LJPEG Decoder
• JPEG-LS Encoder

Functions & Converters
• Color Space Converter

Video Deinterlacers
• Basic

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Quickly complete the standrd parts of your SoC with these memory and peripheral controllers, interfaces, and interconnect cores. Choose high-speed DisplayPort or PCI Express, Ethernet MACs, the CAN bus for automotive systems, and more.

High-Speed Serial
PCI Express
Family Overview
• x1/x4
• x8
• application interface

Serial
CAN
• CAN 2.0 controller
I2C
• I2C master/I2C slave
• I2C high-speed
LIN
• LIN controller
SPI
• SPI master/slave
• Quad SPI master/slave
SDLC/HDLC
• SDLC controller
• HDLC controller

Parallel
• ECP slave
• ATA/IDE interface

PCI — Target
• 32-bit
• 32-bit multi
• 64-bit
PCI — Master
• 32-bit
• 32-bit multi
• 64-bit
PCI — Host Bridge
• 32 bit
• 32 bit - AHB
• 32 bit & device - AHB

TCP/IP Stacks
• UDP/IP stack

Ethernet MAC
Device Controllers
• 10/100
• 10/100 lite
• Gigabit
• Gigabit lite
• Gigabit PCS

MAC Platforms
• MAC/PCI

Memory Controllers
• Serial/SPI NOR Flash
• Parallel NOR Flash
• Mobile SDRAM
• DDR1 & DDR2
• Compact Flash/ATA

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Customers find these cores to be an excellent solution for preserving existing product board designs when critical chips are no longer available for purchase.

Processors
• Z80 CPU
• 6502 replacement
• 65C02 replacement
• 68000
• 68000 for AHB

• 80186XL
• 80186EC
• 80188EC
• 80251
• 387L math

DSPs
• 32025 16-bit
• 32025TX 16-bit

Peripherals
DMA Controllers
• 8237, 82380
UARTs
• 16450S, 16550S, 16750S
Timer/Counter
• 8254

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Cores for integrating security, controlling devices and displays, and other SoC functions.

Encryption
Family Overview
• AES programmable
• AES optimized
• AES gcm
• DES single
• DES triple
• MD5 processor
• SHA-1 processor
• SHA-256 processor

Device Controllers
• smart card reader

IR Remote Controls
• RC5
• NEC

Audio Interfaces
• I2S-SC
• I2S-MC
• SPDIF

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CAST Blog Posts for Dates from 01-01-2011 to 12-31-2011

Happy Holidays!

December 19, 2011

Season's greetings: our 2011 Holiday Card.
Ron Wilson covers CAST BA22 32-bit Processors at EE Times

August 03, 2011

Ron Wilson writes: "The BA22 family, according to CAST vice-president of marketing Nikos Zervas, is what you’d get if you started out with a clean sheet of paper, without constraints from a decades-old instruction-set architecture, and with the latest thinking in compact, low-power design. In this scenario you would have few enough constraints to produce some pretty impressive results. And it appears that Beyond has done so."
Chip Replacement with IP and FPGAs: 68000 Processor Example

June 20, 2011

For some projetcs, the best way to cope with an obsolete processor chip is to implement that processor in an FPGA using an IP core. We explore the issues, using 68000 replacement as an example.
IP Cores & FPGAs: CAST's Hal Barbour on 48th DAC Panel

June 08, 2011

Hal Barbour is questioned about CAST and IP cores for FPGAs in this 48th DAC video.
Pretty as a Picture: Assessing Quality in Image/Video IP

May 24, 2011

For video and image IP cores, quality is more than simply supporting an H.264 or JPEG standard. Learn what to look for in this brief presentation from SoCIP China 2011.
Silicon IP Quality: Is this still an issue?

May 20, 2011

SIP quality does indeed still matter. But the definition of SIP quality is changing, to include ease and level of integration, support services, and more.