Data compression VLSI IP cores for your chip designs

CAST is adding data compression cores sourced from its new partner Sandgate Technologies to its line of processors, peripherals, and other semiconductor IP. The ZipAccel-C Compression and ZipAccel-D Decompression IP Cores are hardware lossless compression engines that comply with the popular Deflate/Inflate, GZIP/GUNZIP, and ZLIB compression standards. Configurable options (including encryption) help designers optimize feature, performance, and area trade-offs for each particular system. “The engineers at Sandgate Technologies are among the world’s most experienced in designing and delivering hardware data compression, and we are proud to establish this new partnership with them,” said Nikos Zervas, chief operating officer for CAST. “These fast, full-featured, resource-saving compression cores are perfect for offloading processors, cutting memory size and cost, speeding wireless or networked communication, and other critical factors in both traditional and new applications.” “We have worked to perfect hardware compression technology over many years and through multiple customer iterations, and are very proud of the state-of-the-art versions we’re shipping today,” said Chad Spackman, chief executive officer for Sandgate Technologies. “We’re very excited to begin this new partnership with CAST, and through them to help more customers solve difficult product challenges by...