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{{Short description|American semiconductor intellectual property company}}
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'''Computer Aided Software Technologies, Inc.''' (doing business as '''CAST''') is an American semiconductor intellectual property company headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. The company develops digital intellectual property (IP) cores for use in application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) designs.{{cite web |title=CAST, Inc. |url=https://semiengineering.com/entities/cast-inc/ |website=Semiconductor Engineering |access-date=2026-04-16}}

== History ==
CAST was founded in 1993.{{cite web |title=From Fledgling Business to the Core of Chips: CAST Bears Witness to Silicon IP Market Maturation |url=https://www.semi.org/en/blogs/technology-trends/from-fledgling-business-core-chips-cast-bears-witness-silicon-ip-market-maturation |website=SEMI |date=2021-10-05 |access-date=2026-04-16}}

In 2005, ''EE Times'' reported that Tezzaron Semiconductor used a CAST 8051-compatible processor core in a three-dimensional integrated circuit demonstration.{{cite news |title=Terrazon applies 3D stacking technology to 8051 MCU core |url=https://www.eetimes.com/terrazon-applies-3d-stacking-technology-to-8051-mcu-core/ |work=EE Times |date=2005-05-22 |access-date=2026-04-16}}

In a 2012 ''EE Times'' article, CAST’s 8051-compatible processor cores were described as continuing to be used in commercial semiconductor designs, including by Kawasaki Microelectronics.{{cite news |title=CAST’s 8051 IP core is going strong |url=https://www.eetimes.com/casts-8051-ip-core-is-going-strong/ |work=EE Times |date=2012 |access-date=2026-04-16}}

== Products ==
CAST develops reusable digital IP cores for integration into semiconductor designs.{{cite web |title=CAST, Inc. |url=https://semiengineering.com/entities/cast-inc/ |website=Semiconductor Engineering |access-date=2026-04-16}}

Industry coverage has described CAST’s IP portfolio as including processor cores and interface and connectivity IP used in ASIC and FPGA designs.{{cite web |title=CAST Expands Functional Safety Line with Additional Certified IP Cores |url=https://www.design-reuse.com/news/202528813-cast-expands-functional-safety-line-with-additional-certified-ip-cores/ |website=Design & Reuse |date=2025-06-24 |access-date=2026-04-16}}

== See also ==
* [[Semiconductor intellectual property core]]
* [[Application-specific integrated circuit]]
* [[Field-programmable gate array]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|https://www.cast-inc.com/}}