IP Notes from CAST, Inc.

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87842210241507665632011-07-31T02:58:48.070-04:00IP Notes from CAST, Inc.Updates and comments about reusable semiconductor IP and our IP Cores and System IP products from CAST, Inc.CAST, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16437878542973026119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784221024150766563.post-89932324916459117972010-10-18T10:53:00.002-04:002010-10-18T11:27:21.286-04:002010-10-18T11:27:21.286-04:00CAST Now a Certified Xilinx Alliance Partner

We've always supported both FPGA and ASIC designers, and in fact we were a charter member of the Xilinx AllianceCORE third-party IP program when they started it way back in 1997. Today you'll see an announcement from Xilinx about a revitalization of that program, and we're happy CAST is a part of this effort. The more stringent requirements for submitting IP to the program mean the cores

CAST, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16437878542973026119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784221024150766563.post-65993305165164791652010-09-09T07:30:00.000-04:002010-09-09T07:30:27.669-04:002010-09-09T07:30:27.669-04:00Meet Our New VP of Marketing

We're very pleased to announce our new Vice President of Marketing, Nikos D. Zervas. You may already know Nikos as part of the extended CAST team: he was a 2001 co-founder and through August 2010 the Chairman and CEO of long-time CAST partner Alma Technologies in Greece, where he helped make real a vision of reusable IP for cutting-edge image and video compression solutions. The innovative

CAST, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16437878542973026119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784221024150766563.post-43679608959531295642010-05-07T15:41:00.012-04:002010-05-28T07:53:06.725-04:002010-05-28T07:53:06.725-04:00With Great Ceremony, CARERI and CAST form Image/Video Lab in China

CARERI is the Chinese Aeronautical Radio Electronics Research Institute, a government-sponsored group focused on the research and development of integrated avionics system and its core equipment. CAST's Newton Abdalla recently visited their headquarters in Shanghai with our local partners S2C to sign a joint image and video IP agreement between CAST and CARERI.The prestigious agreement creates

CAST, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16437878542973026119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784221024150766563.post-3174347761796795042010-04-30T09:45:00.002-04:002010-04-30T09:47:31.899-04:002010-04-30T09:47:31.899-04:00News Alert: CAST Presenting at ChipEx2010 Israel

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, April 30, 2010 -- Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. will again participate in the ChipEx2010 conference and trade show in Israel, May 4, 2010. CAST's VP of sales Meredith Lucky will be in exhibit Booth 55 to talk with engineers about the company's line of 100 IP cores and system IP products. CAST's H.264 video and advanced JPEG image compression

CAST, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16437878542973026119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784221024150766563.post-8562688994110581132010-03-23T10:29:00.004-04:002010-03-23T10:32:55.873-04:002010-03-23T10:32:55.873-04:00New I2S Audio Interface IP Core Great for High-Def Sound

Numerous customers have used our I2S interface core in a variety applications and products. Now we're offering an even better version from our development partners Evatronix, the I2S-SC. The CAST S2C-SC supports all the modes in the Philips spec, but it's optimized to give better performance when processing the high-quality sound delivered with HD video and other popular sources. Instead of

CAST, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16437878542973026119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784221024150766563.post-9195886885739512162010-03-04T12:23:00.003-05:002010-03-12T05:52:44.434-05:002010-03-12T05:52:44.434-05:00Subsampling Explained

One of the first things we ask a new JPEG or H.264 customer about their requirements is: "What subsampling will you use?" Many of them respond: "What's subsampling?" Here's a brief explanation. Sampling is used to represent the Red, Blue, and Green (RBG) information defining each pixel in an image. In a group of 4 x 4 pixels, there are 16 Red samples, 16 Blue samples and 16 Green samples (48

CAST, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16437878542973026119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784221024150766563.post-78859627875498706702010-03-03T09:46:00.000-05:002010-03-03T09:46:05.039-05:002010-03-03T09:46:05.039-05:00Richnex Achieves USB-IF Certification with our USB Hi-Speed OTG Controller

CAST mixed-signal IC design partner Richnex recently achieved USB-IF certification for a USB transceiver reference design using our USB Hi-Speed On-The-Go Controller Core. Richnex worked together with our controller core development partner Evatronix to build the reference design system. "RN1170 is the only USB High Speed Transceiver IC that features an integrated charge pump capable of

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