Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey and Yokohama, Japan, August 5, 2021 --- IP cores and related
support services from intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. have significantly facilitated the
development of advanced automobile driving solutions by leading Systems-on-Chip provider
Socionext, Inc. 


Socionext serves customers worldwide by designing, developing, and delivering System-on-Chip
solutions to satisfy diverse requirements in the consumer, industrial, and automotive markets.
For the latter, they have been working with major automotive OEMs and Tier-1 vendors to develop
SoCs that support Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD)
capabilities.


Socionext began purchasing CAST cores in 2016. Their 2020 licenses included JPEG and CAN FD
cores for multiple automotive SoCs. Masaitsu Nakajima, senior vice president and head of the
automotive business unit at Socionext, has said:

“The sophisticated JPEG IP supporting 12bit encoding/decoding was suitable for the development of
our high-resolution image processing engine. We chose the CAN FD from CAST due to the minimal
risk and the proven results by a large number of customers.”


The company selected the CAST IP because they determined it to be the most highly-featured and
reliable IP available on the market. When recently asked about their decision today, as the projects
near delivery, Masaitsu Nakajima replied:

“We now realize that our decision was very intelligent on all grounds. The post-sales experience
exceeded our expectations, as we were utterly impressed by the speed and the thoroughness of their
support. 
CAST truly does justice to their three pillars of success: Great people, great products, great support!”


The IP cores Socionext is using are part of CAST's Image Compression and Automobile Bus
Controllers families. "We are always excited to work with leading-edge developers like Socionext,
and this relationship is a good example of how CAST partners with our customers to provide the
best IP products on the market," said Meredith Lucky, vice president of sales for CAST. “Socionext's
meticulous attention to every aspect of the IP—especially verification—has provided invaluable
real-world feedback that has allowed us to make significant improvements to the quality and
functionality of our products.”


ABOUT SOCIONEXT
Socionext is a global, innovative enterprise that designs, develops and delivers System-on-Chip
solutions to customers worldwide. The company is focused on technologies that drive today's
leading-edge applications in consumer, automotive and industrial markets. Socionext combines
world-class expertise, experience, and an extensive IP portfolio to provide exceptional solutions
and ensure a better quality of experience for customers. Founded in 2015, Socionext Inc. is
headquartered in Yokohama, and has offices in Japan, Asia, United States and Europe to lead its
product development and sales activities. For more information, visit https://www.socionext.com .


ABOUT CAST, INC.
CAST develops and sells digital IP cores for ASICs and FPGAs. The product line includes
compression engines, microcontrollers and processors, standard interfaces, SoC security modules
and cryptoprocessors, and various peripheral devices and other IP cores. The company applies
nearly three decades of IP experience to offering straightforward, flexible licensing and some of the
best customer support services in the industry. Learn more by visiting www.cast-inc.com, emailing
info@cast-inc.com, or calling +1 201.391.8300. Spinnaker Systems, Inc. is CAST's Japanese
distributor, responsible for the sales and support of CAST's IP products in Japan. For more
information, visit https://www.spinnaker.co.jp.



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