CAST Signs Picosem Technologies as IP Cores Partner in India

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, June 29, 2012 — Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. has improved its ability to serve the growing electronic design market in India by partnering with systems solutions provider Picosem Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

“India is ripe with well-educated electrical engineers and a high-tech products industry that is really taking off,” said Nikos Zervas, vice president of marketing for CAST. “Picosem is a stand-out organization that clearly has the deep technical understanding and broad local experience needed to bring the functional and time-to-market advantages of CAST IP cores to Indian FPGA and ASIC designers.”

The new agreement takes place immediately. Under it, Picosem will market, sell, and help support the entire CAST product line in India. Bundling of Picosem’s other products and design services with proven CAST IP enables the firm to offer complete, superior design solutions with significant improvements to customer productivity and final product quality.

“Our vision is to enable Indian electronics companies through partnerships with world-class tool and IP companies backed by our own support and design services engineering team,” said Madhu Kumar, director of Picosem Technologies. “CAST has tremendous experience delivering quality IP and offers one of the most successful IP product lines available anywhere, and we are extremely excited about working with them.”

From their headquarters in Bangalore, Picosem Technologies Pvt Ltd. empowers electronic product companies in India with the best semiconductor and systems design products plus highly effective technical support and system design services. See their website for more information (www.picosemtec.com) or contact them at 91-80-42068241 or sales@picosemtec.com.

The diverse, proven CAST, Inc. product line features 32-bit processors and 8-bit microcontrollers, advanced image/video compression and processing cores, plus memory controllers, high-speed buses, peripherals, and other essential functions. See the full line at www.cast-inc.com, or learn more by calling +1 201.391.8300, or emailing info@cast-inc.com.