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January 05, 2006 05:00 AM US Pacific Timezone

QuickLogic Continues Push into Portable Applications Embedding SDIO into Low Power FPGAs

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2006--QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK):

-- Provides bridging/controlling solutions for the Embedded Processors to SDIO peripherals

-- Demonstrate SD memory and processor performance improvement by up to 5 times via Intel Mainstone DVK

-- Verified IP, reference designs and application board available for faster product development

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), the lowest-power programmable-logic leader, today announced the availability of the SDIO Host Controller intellectual property (IP) core embedded into QuickLogic's Eclipse II(TM) microwatt FPGAs. In order to support faster product design, QuickLogic provides reference designs based on the QL8325 and QL 8150 Eclipse II FPGAs.

QuickLogic's SDIO reference design provides a complete bridging/controlling solution between the Intel(R) PXA27x embedded microprocessor, and SDIO peripherals and/or any SD memories. Additionally, the inherent benefits of Eclipse II small footprint FPGAs include flexibility, ultra low power and proven higher performance. These attributes are critical for components designed into portable product designs such as portable Global Positioning Systems(GPS), smart phones, Personal Media Products (PMP), and Portable Industrial Systems.

"Our Eclipse II low power FPGAs, coupled with our vast experience delivering both silicon and software for portable applications based on the Intel PXA27x processor family, provide an optimal solution for SDIO-enabled products," said Itsu Wang, Product Marketing Manager for QuickLogic. "Support for low-cost, low-power, high performance SDIO bridging/controlling applications is just one more way QuickLogic enables designers to accelerate their product development in the consumer electronics arena. QuickLogic also plans to announce SDIO IP support for its PolarPro, the lowest power FPGA."

Improves Overall Performance; Adds Functionality

Using the QuickLogic Mobile Applications Board (MAB), the SDIO reference design has demonstrated significant improvements in Read/Write performance on SD memory cards. Up to 3x performance versus the PXA27x processor's native mode at the same frequency, and up to 5x at higher frequencies. The QuickLogic SDIO IP, embedded in the reference design, can be operated at a clock frequency of up to 52 MHz, far exceeding the SDIO specification of 25 MHz. The programmability of the SDIO-enabled reference design allows designers to incorporate their unique logic requirements and tune for power or performance depending on product specifications.

The SDIO reference design can be combined with other IPs to support multiple interfaces to the Intel PXA27x processor, allowing designers to add other peripheral functions to their system such as 802.11g (Wi-Fi) and Universal Serial Bus (USB) using a single Eclipse II FPGA.

Reference Platform

The SDIO IP and reference design provides designers with an easy-to-implement and proven SDIO bridging/controlling solution. The reference design includes a QuickLogic MAB, a QuickLogic QL8325 Eclipse II uWatt FPGA, and a Microsoft Windows CE driver that are all compatible with the Intel PXA27x processor Mainstone II DVK. The reference design has been hardware and software proven with a Kingston 1 GByte SD Memory Card, and SanDisk 64 MByte SD Memory Card.

Availability and Pricing

All devices of the Eclipse II FPGA family are now shipping in volume and devices with embedded SDIO IP are available for less than $5 in volume. The Mobile Application Board is also in production and costs $999. For more information, please visit: www.quicklogic.com/mab

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK) is the leading provider of the lowest power programmable logic solutions for the portable electronics, industrial, communications and military markets. Our latest products, PolarPro(TM), Eclipse II(TM) and QuickPCI(TM) are being used to implement bridge and control solutions in embedded systems requiring Wi-Fi and IDE-based hard disk drives. QuickLogic's proprietary ViaLink(R) technology offers significant benefits, for programmable logic, including the lowest power, instant on capability and bulletproof intellectual property security. The company is located at 1277 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1138. Web site www.quicklogic.com

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