Digital ICs/DSP: Image Processing Cores Perform JPEG Encoding And Decoding

March 15, 2004

Multiple JPEG image processing cores provide a range of performance options for systems that need to encode or decode JPEG images. Cores in the CAST family include a baseline core series that provides inexpensive image compression and decompression. The cores can be delivered preconfigured to specific requirements, or system designers can configure more advanced versions. Advanced options like motion, speed doubling, and program control let designers handle video streams, run the cores at double the speed, and gain access to a set of controllable processing factors. A core combining all of these features, called JPEG Super, is available. The JPEG cores were developed by partner Alma Technologies (www.alma-tech.com).

CAST Inc.www.cast-inc.com; (201) 391-8300

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Dave Bursky

Technologist

Dave Bursky, the founder of New Ideas in Communications, a publication website featuring the blog column Chipnastics – the Art and Science of Chip Design. He is also president of PRN Engineering, a technical writing and market consulting company. Prior to these organizations, he spent about a dozen years as a contributing editor to Chip Design magazine. Concurrent with Chip Design, he was also the technical editorial manager at Maxim Integrated Products, and prior to Maxim, Dave spent over 35 years working as an engineer for the U.S. Army Electronics Command and an editor with Electronic Design Magazine.