BusinessWire
January 19, 2006 05:00 AM US Pacific Timezone

PolarPro -- One of EDN's Hot 100 Products for 2005

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2006--QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), the low-power programmable-logic leader, today announced its PolarPro(TM) FPGA technology was named as one of EDN's Hot 100 Products for 2005 according to EDN magazine. QuickLogic was one of five companies selected as having the most newsworthy technology or product within the digital and programmable IC category.

Throughout the year, editors receive thousands of technology and product announcements and must decide which are important enough to be covered within EDN or EDN.com. At the end of each year, these same editors evaluate company and product announcements made during the year and select the top 100 they consider the hottest products within 15 technology categories.

"Having PolarPro selected as one of the EDN Top 100 Products in 2005 within the category of programmable ICs is an outstanding accomplishment for QuickLogic," said Brian Faith, Senior Director of Product Marketing. "Delivering the lowest power FPGA solutions is a focus for QuickLogic and the recognition from EDN for the PolarPro family is a true testament to the increased importance of power consumption in the high-growth portable electronics segment."

About PolarPro

The PolarPro FPGA technology was purposely architected to meet the interconnect and system logic requirements of power sensitive and portable applications. Through a new and innovative logic cell architecture, versatile embedded memory with built-in FIFO control logic and advanced clock management control units, the PolarPro architecture is synthesis friendly and logic mapping efficient, thus enabling cost effective and ultra-low power logic designs, especially those required for battery-powered, handheld consumer products. Version 9.8 of QuickWorks(R) is available for download from the QuickLogic website and includes timing, area and power-optimized designs for the PolarPro family suite of FPGA development tools. For more information on PolarPro, go to www.quicklogic.com/polarpro.

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 WiFi 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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