Nov 19, 2024
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Please find press-related info and materials here, and an archive of CAST press releases below. Find backgrounders, artwork downloads, etc. on the Press Room page.
Oct 11, 2024
Upcoming IP cores for hardware crypto engines will help developers defend systems against attacks from future quantum computers.
Sep 5, 2024
A full-featured, combined I2C and SPI serial communications interface controller IP core that saves silicon resources and development effort versus using two separate IP cores.
Aug 6, 2024
Consult Red, a leading technology consultancy specialising in intelligent connected devices, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with CAST, a renowned provider of silicon intellectual property (IP) cores.
Jun 4, 2024
This first LZ4/Snappy IP core ASIC or FPGA hardware engine offloads a system’s CPU for high-throughput, low-latency, lossless data decompression.
Mar 15, 2024
New IP core provides fast, area-efficient, processor-agnostic protection against booting a system from malicious or otherwise insecure code.
Mar 8, 2024
New MIPI I3C Basic core enables fast, low-power, royalty-free, I2C-compatible, interfaces or an I3C-to-AHB Bridge for sensors and microcontroller designs
Nov 7, 2023
Ultra-low-power Wi-Fi chipset developer Ubilite has licensed the BA51 RISC-V Processor IP Core for their next generation of products.
Sep 21, 2023
CAST and Ashling have announced support for CAST's RISC-V processor cores in Ashling's RiscFree software development kit (SDK), enhancing embedded system development and debugging capabilities for RISC-V IP core customers.
Sep 11, 2023
The new ASCON-F core is a compact and fast custom-hardware accelerator for the Ascon cryptographic functions recently selected by NIST for lightweight AEAD (authenticated encryption with associated data).
Jul 5, 2023
The new standard-compliant PNG Encoder hardware engine provides fast, optimized,
lossless compression for one of the most popular image formats, adding to CAST's comprehensive lossless compression suite.
Jun 29, 2023
The new MAC-SEC-1G from CAST is the first in a series of hardware MACsec engine IP cores providing easy, efficient security for Ethernet networks.
May 30, 2023
Analog mixed-signal IC design firm SDIC has found that proven quality, low risk, broad ecosystem, and excellent technical support make CAST’s 8051 IP cores s a cost-effective solution for many system functions
Apr 12, 2023
APLabs licenses multiple CAST cores for a new automotive communications SoC: CAN, SENT, eMAC & I2S/TDM.
Mar 8, 2023
New multichannel digital audio interface IP core supports I2S and TDM interfaces and is highly configurable to suit nearly any application.
Mar 3, 2023
A new low-power, deeply embedded 32-bit RISC-V processor and improved Functional Safety RISC-V processor semiconductor IP cores are now available from CAST.
Oct 13, 2022
半导体知识产权供应商CAST今天宣布立即推出一个TCP/IP堆栈内核，它可以将系统连接到互联网，并使用TCP协议管理通信，同时不需要系统处理器的协助。
新的TCPIP-1G/10G硬件堆栈IP核实现了TCP/IP协议的硬件堆栈，以10/100/1000Mbps、2.5G和10G的速度通过以太网传输或接收数据。新的CAST核心超越了许多TCP/IP "卸载引擎"：
Oct 13, 2022
The 1G/10G TCP/IP Hardware Stack IP core from CAST is complete, autonomous, efficient, configurable, and portable to ASICs and FPGAs. It handles from one to 32,768 TCP sessions; has an optional built-in DHCP client and UDP stack; and handles data packets in ultra-low latency cut-through or data protection store-and-forward mode.
Sep 14, 2022
半导体知识产权供应商CAST今天宣布立即推出一个IP核，该IP核实现了CANsec安全功能，可以更好地保护任何CAN XL总线。
Sep 7, 2022
New CANsec IP core from CAST and Fraunhofer IPMS makes it easier to add data authenticity and confidentiality to any CAN XL bus system. This highly efficient and compact engine is the first CANsec IP core available in the market.
Jun 15, 2022
Fraunhofer IPMS and CAST have worked together for 20 years to develop and deliver some of the best IP cores available anywhere, especially for automotive applications. One of their products, the EMSA5-FS Functional Safety RISC-V Embedded Processor, won Elektronik magazine's 2022 Automotive Product of the Year award.
Jun 11, 2022
The Fraunhofer IPMS-developed EMSA5-FS
May 29, 2022
New PNG Decoder IP Core from CAST and IObundle is a fast hardware decompression engine for PNG images and video and offers standard support with broad encoder compatibility.
May 20, 2022
New QOI (Quite Okay Image) codecs deliver faster lossless compression with simpler processing and significantly smaller silicon for 24-bit RGB and 32-bit RGBA images.
Mar 30, 2022
CAST Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification for the Development, Support and Sale of IP core products
Mar 22, 2022
Semiconductor intellectual property
Mar 1, 2022
Achronix uses CAST's AES Encryption IP Core to provide secure FPGAs.
Dec 6, 2021
CAST introduces work by partner Fraunhofer IPMS to add a new option to the EMSA5-FS RISC-V processor that enables "Edge AI" for standalone, in-device Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning operations.
Nov 17, 2021
CAST offers a new low-power 32-bit RISC-V Processor IP Core sourced from Beyond Semiconductor. The BA51 offers energy efficiency, small silicon area, and configurable options for optimally running many embedded applications.
Oct 15, 2021
Semiconductor and IP business and technology leader Dr. Doug Ridge has joined CAST as Director of Business Development.
Oct 1, 2021
Socionext通过设计、开发和提供系统芯片解决方案为全球客户提供服务，以满足消费者、工业和汽车市场的不同需求。对于后者，他们一直在与主要汽车原始设备制造商和一级供应商合作，开发支持高级驾驶员辅助系统（ADAS）和自动驾驶（AD）功能的SOC。
Socionext于2016年开始使用CAST IP核产品。其2020年采购了包括用于多个汽车SOC的JPEG和CAN FD IP核。Socionext高级副总裁兼汽车业务部门主管Masaitsu Nakajima表示：
“支持12位编码/解码的复杂JPEG IP适合我们高分辨率图像处理引擎的开发。我们选择CAST的CAN FD是因为其风险最小，并且得到了大量客户的验证。”
Aug 6, 2021
半導体IP (知的財産) プロバイダーのCAST, Inc. が提供するIPコアと関連するサポート・サービスが、SoC (System-on-Chip) のリーディングプロバイダーである株式会社ソシオネクスト (Socionext Inc.) の最先端の自動車向けソリューションの開発を大幅に促進しました。
Aug 5, 2021
Socionext uses CAST IP for new ADAS designs, finds "CAST truly does justice to their three pillars of success: Great people, great products, great support!”
Jul 27, 2021
CAST CAN XL and TSN design IP cores and Avery Verification IP (VIP) together make designing and prooving sophisticated automotive networks significantly easier. The companies have worked together for several years and continue to do so.
May 24, 2021
半导体知识产权提供商CAST, Inc.今天宣布立即推出EMSA5-FS，这是一种容错嵌入式RISC-V处理器IP核，旨在满足汽车、机载和其他安全关键应用的最严格的功能安全要求。
May 21, 2021
The EMSA5-FS is a 32-bit, 5-stage pipelined RISC-V ISA compatible embedded processor with built-in functional safety features and deliverables making it ready for ISO 26262 ASIL-D certification.
Dec 10, 2020
LTX cameras by Baumer, Ltd. use CAST JPEG IP cores, reducing bandwidth, CPU load, and required storage capacity while simplifying the camera system design and lowering integration cost.
Nov 10, 2020
New MIPI I3C Basic controller includes I3C-to-AHB Bridge and provides fast, low-power, royalty-free interface for connecting sensors and peripherals to processors.
Oct 7, 2020
CAST introduces a Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Ethernet IP core with ultra-low latency, technology independence, small silicon area, and a Linux driver.
Sep 8, 2020
New CAN XL option for the proven CAN 2.0/FD Bus Controller IP Core from CAST is ready for evaluation and use by early adopters.
Aug 6, 2020
CAST's proven HDLC/SDLC protocols controller IP core gets improved error resiliency and DAL-A Certification Data Package to simplify standard conformance for safety-critical avionics developers.
May 14, 2020
New 100Gbps UDP/IP core: lean networking protocol stack gets 512-bit datapath to increase communication speed, offloads UDP/IP functions from processor to improve system performance.
Feb 11, 2020
ASIC and FPGA IP core is ready to reduce development time and risk for automotive system designers using Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Ethernet.
Jan 22, 2020
Enables easy implementation of small, low-power, low-latency TSN Ethernet nodes for daisy-chained or ring networks.
Oct 24, 2019
Commercially proven AES encryption and decryption engines now certified to meet standard for function and interoperability.
Oct 4, 2019
IP core provides easy integration of up to seven CAN buses with an Ethernet network in automotive and industrial systems; will be shown at TSN/A Conference.
Sep 27, 2019
Reduce bandwidth and storage requirements with standard GZIP/ZLIB/Deflate compression at over 90Gbps on Xilinx Alveo Data Center Accelerator Cards.
Sep 20, 2019
Already production-proven, ISO26262 Certification now ensures designers that the CAN Controller Core is ready for use in ASIL-B safety critical systems.
May 23, 2019
Additional channels and 100Gb/second Ethernet support make fast UDP/IP data communication available for more system applications.
Feb 25, 2019
The GEON™ Security Platform provides an efficient IP solution for SoC protection challenges with a suite of interoperating security modules.
Nov 27, 2018
Recent Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) standards enable the timed and prioritized transmission of real-time critical messages over standard Ethernet hardware. The TSN IP Core helps equipment manufacturers and operators make their devices fit for new TSN standards.
Sep 5, 2018
The TSN Ethernet subsystem for automotive buses underwent further real-world-like testing at industry plugfests.
Jun 29, 2018
TSN Reference Design also available was used in live demonstrations of Ethernet Time-Sensitive Networking at DAC.
Jun 12, 2018
CAST’s JPEG-LS Encoder and Decoder provide a scalable, zero-latency, ultra-low-power hardware solution for numerically- or visually-lossless image compression.
May 25, 2018
Designers continue to choose 8051s for the 8-bit MCU's low-power operation, small silicon area, and relatively inexpensive cost.
Apr 10, 2018
CAST Compression IP Integrated with Achronix eFPGA Technology for High-Performance, Low-Power Solution to Move and Store Big Data.
Oct 11, 2017
A hardware accelerator that addresses the data compression and storage optimization needs of performance-critical data center applications is now available from semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc.
Jun 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.
May 16, 2017
CAST GZIP IP core customer Novatek uses decompression engine to significantly reduce TV start up delay.
Apr 26, 2017
IP core now available from CAST cryptographically protects critical code and data within a low-power, high-performance 32-bit processor.
Apr 18, 2017
Will Lend its IP Expertise to SIP Working Group to Help Chart Direction.
Mar 14, 2017
Announced at Embedded World 2017: anew daughter card for connecting a system using a CAN controller to the physical CAN bus expands CAST's CAN IP solutions set.
Jan 18, 2017
CAST adds low-power, high-quality H.264 video compressor and Camera Front-End Processor IP cores.
Dec 1, 2016
CEITEC S.A., one of the most advanced semiconductor design and manufacturing firms in Latin America, has chosen an 8051-compatible microcontroller IP core from intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. for its new embedded security controller platform.
Nov 1, 2016
Semiconductor design and verification intellectual property providers CAST, Inc. and Avery Design Systems have partnered to deliver a robust, pre-configured, pre-verified, easy-to-use solution bundle for system developers needing a CAN FD bus controller for automotive and industrial applications.
Oct 19, 2016
A new IP subsystem developed by semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. makes it easy for system designers to exploit the benefits of Motion JPEG for video streaming in many Internet of Things (IoT) and other applications.
Oct 5, 2016
A new intellectual property core supports the latest standard for protecting the integrity of electronic transmissions, Secure Hash Algorithm-3 (SHA-3), in a flexible, high-throughput, area-efficient hardware accelerator.
Sep 19, 2016
A cache memory controller IP core available from semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. brings cost- and resource-effective improvements in performance, bandwidth, and function to systems using cache-less 32-bit processors.
Jul 21, 2016
Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. recently introduced the newest generation in its eighteen-year-long series of IP cores for video and image compression.
Jun 16, 2016
Fully-featured CAN FD Controller IP Core successfully undergoes third Plug Fest testing.
Jun 7, 2016
CAST customer is using the GUNZIP IP core to save energy and resources via firmware compression within an LTE chipset.
Apr 15, 2016
Soft IP Core for CAN FD met or exceeded bit rate and error handling tests in its second plug fest, running in representative automotive networks from Ford and GM.
Feb 23, 2016
Available from CAST, Inc. this fully-featured soft CAN FD core supports all relevant specs, has Verification IP available, and will undergo its second Plug Fest in April.
Apr 28, 2015
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Feb 24, 2015
System designers looking to improve their product’s competitiveness or decrease its costs by making the smartest processor choice can find the best alternative quicker thanks to advances in the Talos™ Series Evaluation Kits from semiconductor IP provider CAST, Inc.
Feb 23, 2015
New 16-bit 80251 microcontroller IP core runs 69.7 times faster than the original 8051, making it the highest performance MCS®51 instruction set compatible IP core currently available.
Jan 28, 2015
CAST adds efficient, hardware-based lossless data compression to its IP product line with GZIP compression and decompression cores sourced from Sandgate Technologies.
Oct 22, 2014
PipelineZero Architecture, hazards-free single-cycle execution, extreme code density, small silicon area, and power-saving design yield one of the most performance- and energy-efficient 32-bit processors available.
Jun 2, 2014
Beken Corporation in China faced a significant challenge designing its upcoming high-performance Bluetooth audio chip with all the latest innovations but within the mobile device requirements of its OEM customers.
May 30, 2014
Continuing to use the hundreds of thousands of old systems built around 8051 microcontroller chips has become easier and highly cost-effective with a flexible new 8051 IP core available from semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc.
May 28, 2014
With a reputation for supplying energy-efficient, leading-edge electronics like CAN Bus Transceiver chips for automotive applications, ON Semiconductor Corporation wanted to be early-to-market with the brand new, next-generation CAN Flexible Data Bus.
Mar 19, 2014
GIT Japan has used an 8051 IP core licensed from CAST, Inc. in a custom chip GIT developed for Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
Jan 22, 2014
Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. is now shipping what it believes is the first available CAN Bus Controller soft IP core that supports the recent CAN Flexible Data specification.
Dec 20, 2013
CAST, Inc. has forged a new technology partnership with start-up Silesia Devices Sp. z o.o., and has streamlined its 8051-compatible intellectual property product line to prepare for new IP cores and services Silesia Devices is about to launch.
Nov 15, 2013
CAST, Inc. has reached a rare milestone for companies providing intellectual property for electronic design automation: its twentieth anniversary.
Jun 3, 2013
Processor intellectual property company Beyond Semiconductor and IP provider CAST, Inc. today unveiled the ultra-low power BA21™ embedded processor, further expanding the BA2x™ family of 32-bit processor cores.
Mar 12, 2013
Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. marked its sixteenth year providing 8051-compatible IP cores by announcing its 200th 8051 license. Customer Ensphere Solutions has a reputation for advanced optical and copper communications chips and will use the 8051 microcontroller in an upcoming high-performance computing (HPC) interconnect IC.
Jan 29, 2013
Processor intellectual property company Beyond Semiconductor and IP provider CAST, Inc. today unveiled a more powerful member of the BA2x Family of 32-bit processor IP cores.
Nov 27, 2012
This product is no longer available to license from CAST. Please contact CAST Sales for more info.
Dec 15, 2011
A new core from semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. the UDPIP, provides an extremely competitive hardware implementation of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), part of the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) for data transfer over Ethernet.
Jun 8, 2010