QuickLogic Programmable SOC Family Targets Digital Media
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 11, 2004—
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK)
-- Product family embeds pre-programmed functionality in on-chip
logic
-- Primary focus on Digital Signage applications
-- First product incorporates IDE controller
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), the inventor and pioneer of
Embedded Standard Products (ESPs), today announced the introduction of
the QL92xxx family of programmable system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices.
These products are based on the QL902M member of the popular QuickMIPS
product family and incorporate additional pre-programmed modules that
target the resulting device for embedded digital-media applications.
The first member of the family, the QL92010, incorporates an IDE
controller. Subsequent devices, to be announced later this year, embed
additional functionality consistent with the company's focus on
providing silicon solutions for equipment that distributes and
processes digital media across wired and wireless IP networks. Example
applications include digital signage, wireless projectors, wireless
monitors and KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) equipment. Additional
modules are expected to include graphical interfaces, video
compression/decompression engines and content-protection units.
Time to Market
"Limited engineering resources, coupled with time to market
pressures, are forcing system designers to seek out products and
suppliers that can solve increasingly larger amounts of the
system-design challenges," said Ian Ferguson, Vice President and
General Manager, QuickMIPS Products. "QuickLogic's strategy allows our
customers to focus their resources on the area of the design on which
they can differentiate themselves from their competitors."
Instead of supplying generic components, QuickLogic goes a step
further in terms of customization by including application-specific
modules on the QL92xxx programmable SoC chips. This reduces the design
efforts of their customers, since they don't have to worry about
designing software and circuitry for standardized system functions.
QL92010 Price and Availability
The QL92010 device is available now in production volumes for both
commercial and industrial temperature versions. List pricing (10,000
OEM) starts at $30.
About QuickLogic
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK) invented and has pioneered
the Embedded Standard Product (ESP) architecture, with the
introduction of first products in 1998. ESPs are semiconductor devices
that deliver the guaranteed performance, lower cost and lower risk of
standard products, coupled with the flexibility and time-to-market
benefits of programmable logic. QuickLogic's proprietary ViaLink
metal-to-metal interconnect technology offers significant benefits --
including very low power at high performance levels -- to our
customers and is the foundation of our ESP product families, as well
as our core FPGA products. Founded in 1988, the company is located at
1277 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1138. For more information
please visit the QuickLogic web site at www.quicklogic.com.
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Contact:
QuickLogic Corporation
Ian Ferguson, 408-990-4303
iferguson@quicklogic.com
