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• CAST Adds JPEG-LS Decoder to Lossless Image Compression IP Core Suite
  WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ USA, June 12, 2018
  CAST adds a JPEG-LS Decoder for a scalable and extremely low-power, small-area, highly-efficient encode/decode solution for numerical- or visually-lossless compression of high quality images and video streams. read more ...
• Resurgence in 8051 Microcontroller Applications Drives New IP Cores Sales for CAST
  WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ USA, May 25, 2018
  CAST 8051 MCU IP sales reach a surprisingly high level, as designers find the 8051 IP cores' low power consumption, small size, great reliability, easy integration and development, and royalty-free licensing make them an excellent solution for IoT and other modern applications. read more ...
• Achronix Release — CAST and Achronix Enable Processing from Data Center to the Edge with Lossless Compression IP
  Santa Clara, Calif., April 10, 2018
  CAST, a member of the Achronix Partner Program, has ported its GZIP IP core for lossless data compression to Achronix eFPGA devices. read more ...
• CAST and Accelize Make GZIP Compression Instantly Available via Cloud-Based FPGA Accelerators
  WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ USA, April 09, 2018
  Hardware accelerated GZIP data compression IP from CAST is now available for use on a time or data basis through the new AccelStore and supporting cloud accelerator ecosystem from Accelize. read more ...
• CAST Introduces GZIP Accelerator Through New Intel FPGA Data Center Acceleration Ecosystem
  WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ USA, October 17, 2017
  This GZIP lossless data compression reference design is available for the Intel Programmable Acceleration Card (Intel PAC) with Intel Arria 10 GX FPGA. It uses the ZipAccel-C GZIP/ZLIB/Deflate Compression IP Core, and has been designed with QuickPlay® in partnership with Accelize®. The GZIP Accelerator Function is part of the expanded Intel® FPGA Design Solutions Network (DSN), of which CAST is an early member. read more ...
• CAST Drives Automotive IP Forward with New AVB/TSN Ethernet and SAE J2716 Sensor Bus Cores plus CAN-FD Time-Stamping
  WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ USA, June 13, 2017
  New IEEE 802.1AS AVB/TSN and SENT/SAE J2716 Cores now available; CAN/CAN-FD Controller Core now supports AUTOSAR-compliant time-stamping read more ...
• CAST Adds DO-254 Avionics Interface Cores though New Partnership with Nolam
  Woodcliff Lake, NJ, June 01, 2017
  DO-254 compliant avionics bus IP cores now available from CAST — MIL-STD 1553, ARINC 429, and ARINC 825 — proven in the field and sourced from new CAST partner Nolam Embedded Systems. read more ...
• Novatek Reduces TV Boot Time with Data Decompression IP Core from CAST
  WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ USA, May 16, 2017
  Novatek Microelectronics Corp., a customer of semiconductor IP provider CAST, Inc., has applied a data decompression IP core to achieve a major consumer benefit: significantly reduced start-up delay in digital televisions. read more ...
• Geon Secure Execution Processor Brings Royalty-Free Protection to IoT Devices
  IoT DevCon, Santa Clara, CA, April 26, 2017
  The Geon Secure Execution Processor builds cryptographic protection of critical code and data into a low-power, high-performance, BA2x 32-bit processor IP core. read more ...
• CAST Becomes Member of ESD Alliance
  REDWOOD CITY, CA, April 18, 2017
  The Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), an international association of companies providing goods and services throughout the semiconductor design ecosystem, today announced Semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) provider CAST, Inc. has become a member. CAST, Inc. will lend its IP expertise to SIP working group to help chart direction. read more ...