CAST Releases JPEG Cores
Fast, Compact Encoder and Decoder Ready for Image Processing Applications
YOKOHAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2002--Semiconductor
intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced the
release of encoder and decoder cores for the popular JPEG image
compression standard.
These cores are designed to provide high-speed, space-efficient
ASIC or FPGA JPEG implementations for digital cameras, video
conferencing systems, scanners, surveillance systems, and portable
display devices. Their speed and simplicity makes them especially
suitable for cost-effective motion JPEG applications, such as
inexpensive consumer-oriented digital camcorders.
The cores offer baseline compliance with the ISO/IEC 10918-1 JPEG
standard. They support all the defined JPEG data formats and possible
scan configurations, handle any image size up to 64k x 64k, and
feature four stream-defined Huffman and Quantization tables. The
designs are programmable, fully-synchronous, and provide complete
stand-alone operation with minimum memory requirements.
Significantly faster than many competing products, the new JPEG
cores are expected to achieve over 70 Mega samples/second for fast
FPGA families, and even higher rates for ASICs. The cores are also
space-efficient: just 3700 slices were used in the slower Xilinx
Virtex-6(TM) FPGA, with a speed of 55 Mega samples/second.
Licensed from graphics processing expert and CAST development
partner Alma Technologies S.A. (www.alma-tech.com), the new
JPEG_Fast_E encoder and JPEG_Fast_D decoder cores are available now,
in HDL form for ASIC synthesis or optimized for Altera or Xilinx
devices. Pricing varies; contact CAST or your local distributor for
details.
The JPEG cores join CAST's general purpose IP (gpIP) line of
cores, which also includes 8- and 16-bit processors, peripherals,
buses, network interfaces, communications devices, and encryption
functions.
Operating since 1993 with a focus on making IP practical and
affordable for mainstream designers, CAST has established a reputation
for high-quality products, flexible licensing, and responsive
technical support. The company is located near New York City, and
works with an international network of IP developers and distributors.
Contact:
CAST, Inc.
Hal Barbour, 201/391-8300
hal@cast-inc.com
or
PDL Comm.
Paul Lindemann, 603/490-4985
paul@pdlcomm.com
