Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.0, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # QuickLogic Corporation Customizable Semiconductor Solutions for Mobile Devices ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://shop.quicklogic.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://shop.quicklogic.com/blog/) - [We've Moved!](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/05/14/weve-moved/) - We are very pleased to announce that we recently moved our headquarters into a shiny, new office space. We're still located in Silicon Valley, of course, just a few miles away from our previous location in Sunnyvale. Our new address is 2220 Lundy Ave, San Jose, CA 95131. These new offices were recently remodeled to - [ASICS versus FPGAs versus ASICs with eFPGA Technology](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/05/22/asics-versus-fpgas-versus-asics-with-efpga-technology/) - I am often asked about the differences between ASICs, FPGAs, and ASIC-with-embedded FPGA (eFPGA) blocks and so I thought I would devote a blog article to that topic. Here goes… Once upon a time, there were ASICs (“Application Specific Integrated Circuits”, for the uninitiated). These were (and are) semiconductor devices designed to implement a very - [Rest of the Hearables Market to Follow now That Apple has Caught On](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/04/09/rest-of-the-hearables-market-to-follow-now-that-apple-has-caught-on/) - Recently Apple introduced a new second-generation version of their popular AirPods wireless headphones. These headphones not only deliver a great audio experience, but they now offer enhanced hands-free voice-controlled features. Specifically, a new chip design dramatically improves talk time through lower power consumption leading to longer battery life. It also gives users the ability to - [eFPGA and PULP - The Ultimate (Low) Power Couple](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/04/05/efpga-and-pulp-the-ultimate-low-power-couple/) - Back in August of last year we announced a collaboration with one of the top technical universities in Europe - ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. They were building a unique open-source SoC-based platform called "PULP", which is short for "Parallel Ultra Low Power". This platform is based on the concept of combining multiple RISC-V cores, each - [QuickLogic and SensiML Enable AI at the Endpoint for the Masses](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/03/25/quicklogic-and-sensiml-enable-ai-at-the-endpoint-for-the-masses/) - You might have seen the exciting announcement we made this morning regarding immediate availability of our new Merced EOS™ S3AI Hardware Development Kit (HDK), which enables quick and easy development of endpoint Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications. This new kit includes everything an endpoint application developer might need, including QuickLogic's EOS S3AI - [Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/02/13/driving-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/) - The first industrial revolution started in roughly the middle of the 18th century and ran for about a hundred years. The key elements of that revolution were the transition from hand-made to machine-crafted goods (especially textiles) and water and later steam-powered machinery. The second industrial revolution started around the mid-1800s and lasted into the first - [CES 2019 Wrap Up](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/01/15/ces-2019-wrap-up/) - 188,00 industry professionals – the most ever – turned up at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to see and touch the latest, the greatest and sometimes the weirdest consumer products. From smart home devices to drones, to futuristic cars to the plant based “impossible burger”, there was a lot to see - [Convergence of Voice Control and the One-Watt Initiative Driving Unique Requirements in Smart TVs and Home Appliances](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2019/01/06/convergence-of-voice-control-and-the-one-watt-initiative-driving-unique-requirements-in-smart-tvs-and-home-appliances/) - The primary application for QuickLogic’s EOS S3 Ultra-Low Power Voice and Sensor Platform is mobile, battery-powered devices that require both always-on wake word detection and extended battery life. As recently as a year ago, if anyone told me there would be a compelling use-case for wall powered devices I wouldn't have believed it, or at - [QuickAI, a Practical Solution for AI at the Edge](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/12/11/quickai-a-practical-solution-for-ai-at-the-edge/) - In our November quarterly conference call we forecasted that we would report our first material revenue for QuickAI in Q4 2018; several quarters ahead of the outlook we provided in May. This led to numerous questions from QuickLogic investors that we could not answer at the time due to the NDA with our customer. We - [The End(point) of AI As We Know It](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/10/04/the-endpoint-of-ai-as-we-know-it/) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) has burst onto the consumer scene in a big way over the last few years. Now most of us have smartphones and smart speakers which allow us to ask natural language questions or make requests and (at least most of the time) get appropriate and useful responses. This technology is very likely - [World's First eFPGA Technology on 22 FD-SOI Process](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/10/10/worlds-first-efpga-technology-on-22-fd-soi-process/) - When GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced the introduction of a brand-new process technology “developed specifically to meet the ultra-low power requirements of the next generation of connected devices” (as they stated in their announcement’s press release), we knew that it would be a great fit for our ArcticPro™ 2 architecture, and in particular our embedded FPGA (eFPGA) technology - [Machine learning at the node](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/09/14/machine-learning-at-the-node/) - Listen to this short (5-minute) interview between Rich Nass, Editor, Embedded Computing Design and Brian Faith, QuickLogic's President and CEO during which they discuss current trends in AI - specifically, machine learning at the node level of the network, and how new battery powered solutions can provide critical processing capabilities. Click here to listen - [QuickAI™ Platform Covered by Linley Group](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/05/31/quickai-platform-covered-by-linley-group/) - As you know, we launched the QuickAI™ platform for endpoint Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications a couple of weeks ago. The editorial community has been very interested in this new platform which provides an all-inclusive low power solution and development environment to economically incorporate the benefits of AI in endpoint applications. Mike Demler, Senior Analyst at - [Strategic Considerations of Our Recent Secondary Offering](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/05/29/strategic-considerations-of-our-recent-secondary-offering/) - Earlier today we filed an 8-K with the SEC announcing the completion of a secondary public offering. As is noted in the filing, the net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, and exclusive of any funds raised in the future via the cash exercise of warrants, - [QuickAI in the News](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/05/17/quickai-in-the-news/) - Kevin Morris of EE Journal has written an excellent article on QuickAI that you might enjoy. AI at the IoT Endpoint Quicklogic Fosters Sensing Ecosystem Read Article "QuickLogic, along with SensiML, General Vision, and Nepes Corporation, are introducing the “QuickAI” ecosystem and development HDK, which combines QuickLogic’s EOS S3 SoC FPGAs with NM500 - [Enabling Voice in the Smart Home](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/05/11/enabling-voice-in-the-smart-home/) - Murata, a leading Japanese electronic supplier, recently demonstrated its low power wi-fi smart speaker reference design using a small smart home model at the IoT/M2M show in Japan. Using the Murata remote control, users could issue a command such as “Please turn on the 1st floor light.” The smart speaker would then control the house - [The End(point) of AI As We Know It](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/05/04/the-endpoint-of-ai-as-we-know-it-2/) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) has burst onto the consumer scene in a big way over the last few years. Now most of us have smartphones and smart speakers which allow us to ask natural language questions or make requests and (at least most of the time) get appropriate and useful responses. This technology is very - [Webcast: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Cognitive Sensing at the Endpoint](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/05/01/webcast-artificial-intelligence-ai-cognitive-sensing-at-the-endpoint/) - Hosted by QuickLogic, ABI Research, General Vision, SensiML and Nepes Friday, May 4th 2018 10:00 AM PDT Register Here AI has emerged as a key technology driver in the cloud and has vast potential to give rise to new applications at the endpoints of the compute universe. In many applications today, implementing AI requires compute - [eFPGA for AI and IoT Applications - Video](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/04/29/efpga-for-ai-and-iot-applications-video/) - QuickLogic's CTO, Dr. Tim Saxe, was interviewed about using eFPGA for IoT applications by Design and Reuse at the IP SoC Days conference recently held in Santa Clara. Click here to see the video. - [Open Source ISA and eFPGA - Creating a New Platform Paradigm](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/03/12/open-source-isa-and-efpga-creating-a-new-platform-paradigm/) - You might have noticed that we just announced that we have joined the RISC-V (pronounced "risk-five") Foundation. This is a group that came out of the Computer Science Division of the EECS Department at UC Berkeley, advocating the concept of open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) processors. The Foundation now has more than 100 members, showing - [Hello from CES!](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/01/11/hello-from-ces/) - QuickLogic is demonstrating some of our many customer’ products here at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In particular, we are showcasing designs from a number of our customers who have chosen our EOS™ S3 sensor processing platform for hearable, wearable and IoT applications. This year, you will notice we have an - [Getting Leading Edge Voice Enabled Products to Market Quickly](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2018/01/08/getting-leading-edge-voice-enabled-products-to-market-quickly/) - If you have any experience with the Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa, or Google Home voice-activated assistants (and you probably do), you have most likely gotten the sense that the way we interact with many of our electronic devices is changing dramatically. As we have been saying for the last year or so, "voice is the - [Leveraging Ecosystem Partnerships](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/11/28/leveraging-ecosystem-partnerships/) - Today we issued a press release announcing a reference design that we developed in partnership with Nordic Semiconductor. Nordic specializes in developing ultra-low power devices that enable wireless communications for long periods of time using small power sources. Does their ultra-low power message sound familiar? It should, as it's the same message we've been - [Now is the Time for eFPGA Technology](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/11/16/now-is-the-time-for-efpga-technology/) - Embedding FPGA technology into SoC designs isn't really a new idea. In fact, at QuickLogic we've been doing it for nearly two decades, starting with our FPGA/hard PCI controller SoC all the way back in 1999. The value proposition was the same then as it is now. Higher levels of integration delivering a higher level - [Software Before Silicon?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/10/12/software-before-silicon/) - One of our mantras at QuickLogic has always been "software before silicon." Why? Just as a computer is a useless collection of hardware without an operating system and applications software, the same is basically true for FPGAs without our customers' designs mapped into our architecture. Sure, we provide a lot of clever integrated functional building - [Can You Hear Me Now?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/09/06/can-you-hear-me-now/) - During Q1, I discussed our first significant engagement for a hearable device, and during Q2, I announced that we won that and other hearable designs that are currently scheduled for production during Q4 2017. I am pleased to state we have seen a substantial increase in hearable engagements during the last four weeks. To keep - [Win, win, win, and win](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/08/29/win-win-win-and-win/) - This past week, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the MindMotion Developer Conference in Shenzhen, China. Other participants included several semiconductor industry veterans and luminaries, one of whom was the very well respected "father of MCUs in China", Mr. George Zhou. The discussion that followed reinforced what we have been promoting - [Living on the Edge...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/08/10/living-on-the-edge/) - A few days ago, TechCrunch published an interesting article about a theory of edge versus cloud computing developed by Peter Levine, a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The one sentence summary of his theory is that the recent trend toward cloud computing for mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) devices will soon - [Press Coverage on eFPGA](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/07/11/press-coverage-on-efpga/) - eFPGA Video Interview from DAC Mao Wang, eFPGA Product Marketing Director, comments on what is unique about QuickLogic's eFPGA. Watch Video interview by Gabriele Saucier, Design and Reuse. https://www.design-reuse.com/video/view/437/efpga-comes-of-age.html eFPGA Podcast from DAC Owen Bateman, Director of Sales, North America & EMEA, comments on how an eFPGA is ideal for SoC development by reducing development cost - [Building Momentum in China!](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/06/23/building-momentum-in-china/) - I’m very excited to announce that our CFO, Dr. Sue Cheng and I will present the QuickLogic story at the Reach China Investment Conference in Beijing on Tuesday, June 27th. The Reach China Investment Conference focuses on small companies with high growth potential. This is our first ever investor presentation in China and more than - [eFPGA Replaces Crystal Ball](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/06/16/efpga-replaces-crystal-ball/) - QuickLogic's CTO Dr. Tim Saxe comments on the emergence of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) technology and why it is happening now. https://blog.globalfoundries.com/efpga-replaces-crystal-ball/ - [Major Takeaways from Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/06/15/major-takeaways-from-mary-meekers-internet-trends-report/) - On May 31st, Mary Meeker - long time Silicon Valley tech trends watcher and currently a partner at the prestigious Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Beyers venture capital firm - delivered her annual internet trends report at the Code Conference held at the Terrenea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes. For those who have enough time to flip - [Machine Voice Recognition Becomes More Human](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/06/06/machine-voice-recognition-becomes-more-human/) - In a typical day, we each probably have dozens (and sometimes many dozens) of conversations. Part of the natural art of conversation is our ability to speak and listen to a single individual, even when there is background noise such as music playing or other conversations in progress. We instinctively focus our attention on the - [SoC Developers, You Have Our Full Support](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/05/31/soc-developers-you-have-our-full-support/) - You might have seen our recent announcement regarding the fact that we’re opening an eFPGA support center in Taiwan. The reason this announcement is so significant is that it demonstrates the depth of our commitment to eFPGA technology for SoC developers. We’ve already spoken at length about the benefits of embedding FPGA logic in SoCs, - [Embedded Programmability (Finally) Comes of Age](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/04/06/embedded-programmability-finally-comes-of-age/) - The widely fragmented nature of the IoT market is creating new challenges for SoC companies that cannot be effectively addressed with the design approaches used in the mobile markets. As is the case in mobile markets, SoCs need to be optimized for low power consumption and low cost. However, given the vast diversity of products - [It's Good to Be Understood - The Always Listening Home](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/03/07/its-good-to-be-understood-the-always-listening-home/) - The dream of having a truly "smart" home has finally started to materialize in a meaningful way. One aspect of the smart home concept which has been severely underestimated until very recently, though, is the emergence of voice-activated systems and their ability to make sense of spoken commands and requests from humans. Speech is a primary - [Solving the SoC Design Dilemma for IoT Applications](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2017/01/27/solving-the-soc-design-dilemma-for-iot-applications/) - According to market research firm Markets&Markets, the opportunity for Internet of Things (IoT) devices is expected to reach $11B by 2022. That's a short five years away. Already we are beginning to see IoT showing up in our everyday lives for such applications as home automation, security, and personal fitness - and the vast majority - [QuickLogic's New Partnership with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Brings Big Benefits](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/12/16/quicklogics-new-partnership-with-globalfoundries-brings-big-benefits/) - QuickLogic's New Partnership with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Brings Big Benefits - [Great Press Coverage of our Recent ArcticPro eFPGA Announcement](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/12/14/great-press-coverage-of-our-recent-arcticpro-efpga-announcement/) - We were very pleased to get a high level of interest and attention from the technical and business press when we made our recent ArcticPro™ embedded FPGA announcement. The amount of coverage we received affirms our belief that this announcement represents a significant milestone for the semiconductor industry as a whole, and SoC developers in - [The "Everywhere" FPGA](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/11/30/the-everywhere-fpga/) - We just announced our new ArcticPro™ eFPGA initiative. While the "e" stands for "embedded", it could just as easily stand for "everywhere", as this program makes our latest FPGA technology available as an IP block to other companies designing SoC devices for the GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 22FDX process, as well as their 65nm and 40nm process nodes. - [Knowledge is (Reduced) Power…](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/08/24/knowledge-is-reduced-power/) - Back in the good old days of semiconductors (meaning more than one to two decades ago), following Moore’s Law down the process geometry curve gave digital semiconductor companies not only increased logic density, but also lower operating voltages. Five volt supply requirements became 3.3 volts, then 2.5 volts and then 1.8 volts and so on. - [The Voice...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/06/10/the-voice/) - With apologies to Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera fans, we're not going to be discussing the latest results from the singing contest reality TV show. Instead we're going to talk about the rise of speaking as a convenient and practical way for us to interact with our mobile electronics. Perhaps the best-known examples today are - [Battery-Powered Voice Processing for IoT Applications](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/06/01/battery-powered-voice-processing-for-iot-applications/) - Smartphones with integrated sensors have really helped drive down the cost and power consumption of sensor-based solutions. Lower cost and lower power sensor-based solutions have, in turn, enabled the “Internet of Things” (IoT) market to become established. However, IoT applications are different than smartphone applications in many ways. One of the most important is how - [What Do Dick Tracy and Asian Telecom Customers Have in Common?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/05/17/what-do-dick-tracy-and-asian-telecom-customers-have-in-common/) - Way back in 1946, comic strip author Chester Gould introduced the concept of a two-way wrist radio which enabled his detective character Dick Tracy to easily communicate with other members of the police force. At that time, the battery and electronic technology available wasn’t even close to being small and efficient enough to make such - [Why Enhanced Gesture Detection is a Big Deal for Wearables](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2016/02/11/why-enhanced-gesture-detection-is-a-big-deal-for-wearables/) - According to a May, 2015 IHS iSuppli market research report, smart watches, activity trackers, fitness/sports monitors, and Bluetooth® headsets will total more than 150 million units by 2018. OEMs building these wearable devices know that their customers have the same basic desires: intuitive interactivity, high reliability, long battery life, and fashionable stylishness. Choosing the right - [EOS Sampling!](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/10/02/eos-sampling/) - First shipment containing: EOS S3 Smartphone Evaluation System, and EOS S3 Device. - [EOS Sampling Update](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/09/28/eos-sampling-update/) - I returned Saturday from another productive trip to Asia, and wanted to take a minute to update you on our EOS sample schedule. Testing is going well, and since we are putting the final touches on the EOS evaluation boards this week, we decided to extend our testing to coincide with that release schedule. I'm - [The Moment Has Arrived](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/09/09/the-moment-has-arrived/) - Today is a very exciting day for us here at QuickLogic. We have been hinting recently at a brand name OEM wearable product that would be QuickLogic-enabled. Well, that Moment has arrived. As a gadget guy myself, I like the idea of a wearable that doesn’t need to be charged nightly, and can be worn - [Always Listening Voice Recognition - Hype or …?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/08/31/always-listening-voice-recognition-hype-or/) - A reader response to our recent blog on the EOS S3 capability to do always-listening voice recognition with Sensory’s TrulyHandsFree product inspired me to share a personal experience where I can see a use case for the technology. First, let me share a recent picture from a short hike I recently completed. This breath-taking sunrise - [Dawn of a New Generation](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/08/25/dawn-of-a-new-generation/) - A few weeks ago QuickLogic introduced its new, revolutionary EOS Sensor Processing Platform. (In Greek mythology, Eos is the goddess of the dawn - symbolizing that this product represents "the dawn of a new generation of sensor processing systems".) The announcement garnered a lot of attention in the editorial and analyst community, with over 200 - [From the SensorsExpo 2015....](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/06/11/from-the-sensorsexpo-2015/) - Greetings from an unseasonably cool and damp Long Beach, CA. We're in day #2 of the SensorsExpo 2015, showing our TAG, TAG-N, ArcticLink 3 S2 smartphone demo, the ArcticLink 3 S2 LP, as well as having a number of interesting conversations around our recently-announced SenseMe™ licensing. The general reaction here has been great; we've talked - [SenseMe -- Our Platform or Yours...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/05/28/senseme-our-platform-or-yours/) - Greetings! As we discussed briefly in the Q1 Earnings Call, yesterday we announced that our SenseMe™ sensor algorithm suite is now available for licensing. This allows QuickLogic to not only sell our ArcticLink 3 S2 silicon platform with SenseMe, but to also license SenseMe to customers who may have an existing sensor hub in their - [Tomorrow's Earnings Call...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/28/tomorrows-earnings-call/) - I wanted to give you a heads up that on tomorrow afternoon’s Q1 2015 earning call (2:30 PM), we will be using a PowerPoint Presentation in addition to the normal audio. In the minutes before the call, you can gain access to stream the live presentation here. Follow the link to the Q1-2015 Earnings Conference - [SenseMe Transport Enables...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/22/senseme-transport-enables/) - Thanks for checking back in with us! While we'll be down at Linley this afternoon, I did want to pass along the latest in the series of SenseMe™ videos. In this case, we are showing what our transport algorithms, on the ArcticLink 3 S2 ultra-low power sensor hub, can enable. It's only fair to note - [We'll Be at Linley This Wednesday...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/20/well-be-at-linley-this-wednesday/) - For those attending the Linley Tech Mobile Conference in Santa Clara this Wednesday, our very own Dr. Tim Saxe will be continuing his "speaking tour" with a speech entitled "Partitioning Between Software and Hardware is Key to Ultra-Low Power", followed by a panel discussion, starting at 1PM local time. Additionally, we'll be hosting an exhibit - [QuickLogic on SemiWiki](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/16/quicklogic-on-semiwiki/) - SemiWiki covered our ArcticLink 3 S2 LP sensor hub today in an article called Sensing Without (much) Power. Among the highlights: "Quicklogic is the only solution provider with the power consumption of a custom ASIC, the flexibility of an MCU and the algorithm capabilities of a software company." Enjoy! - [And Because SenseMe Isn't Just for Fitness....](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/15/and-because-senseme-isnt-just-for-fitness/) - A few days ago, we released a video of some of the fitness use cases that SenseMe™ can enable. While fitness is definitely one the leading (if not the leading) use cases for today's wearables, we'd be neglectful in not talking about what else SenseMe offers. So, another video... SenseMe is ever-evolving. Our algorithms - [SenseMe for Enhanced Fitness Applications](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/13/senseme-for-enhanced-fitness-applications/) - Check out the video embed below for examples on what our SenseMe™ sensor algorithm library can do to enable new fitness tracking and coaching abilities in smartphones and wearables. This video only scratches the surface of what SenseMe and the ArcticLink 3 S2 / S2 LP can do to enable the next generation of - [Press Coverage on the S2 LP](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/10/press-coverage-on-the-s2-lp/) - Following up on yesterday's announcement of the ArcticLink 3 S2 LP sensor hub for wearables and smartphones, here are some links to related third party press. EE Times "Wearables are already on a slim power budget, but QuickLogic Corp. aims to alleviate some of the designer's grief with a sensor hub with reduced power consumption - [Lowering Power Consumption with the S2 LP](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/04/09/lowering-power-consumption-with-the-s2-lp/) - Hello, and thanks for reading! In QuickLogic news, we announced our ArcticLink 3 S2 LP today, a silicon variant of the standard S2. The S2 LP offers a solution to OEMs who need the absolute lowest power for their wearable devices. Now, the S2 LP does absolutely everything the standard S2 does -- but - [On the Apple Watch...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/03/10/on-the-apple-watch/) - Apple’s formal announcement of the their smartwatch yesterday has predictably set the consumer device world into a tizzy, with one camp declaring an end game for all other smart wearables, and another camp reacting with a collective ‘meh’. The majority of people seem to be in the middle. They have an interest in the device, - [It's a Busy Week at QuickLogic...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/03/09/its-a-busy-week-at-quicklogic/) - ...just as we are getting over the taxi line-induced sore feet hangover of Mobile World Congress and last weeks IoT Summit, we're off again in multiple places this week. Brian Faith, VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, and Andy Pease, President and CEO, are down at the Roth Conference. The presentation from the Roth Conference - [Video from IoT Keynote](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/03/06/video-from-iot-keynote/) - Happy Friday! We were lucky enough to get last-minute permission to record Tim Saxe's keynote at the IoT conference yesterday. You can view it below, and also at our YouTube channel. Enjoy! - [This Week's IoT Summit](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/03/02/this-weeks-iot-summit/) - As we briefly discussed in last week's press release (and in a blog before that), Tim Saxe will be keynoting this Thursdays IoT Summit, just down the road from QuickLogic HQ at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Tim's speech, "What Wearables Design Teaches Us about IoT (Internet of Things", will open the summit on March - [Gentle Reminder on Tomorrow's Webinar](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/01/28/gentle-reminder-on-tomorrows-webinar/) - As we mentioned a few days ago, QuickLogic will be hosting a webinar, sponsored by the MEMS Industry Group, entitled Mobile Sensor Deployment, Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of It's Parts, tomorrow (Thursday, January 29th) at 8:30 AM. Mobile Sensor Deployment: Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts on Thursday, - [Want to Learn More About the Latest Trends in Sensor Hubs? Join the Webinar](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/01/22/want-to-learn-more-about-the-latest-trends-in-sensor-hubs-join-the-webinar/) - Greetings! QuickLogic will be hosting a webinar entitled Mobile Sensor Deployment: Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts on Thursday, January 29th at 8:30 AM Pacific. This webinar, presented by members of the QuickLogic Marketing and CTO staffs, will focus on the mobile (smartphone and wearable) sensor hub ecosystem, including various approaches, - [Predicting the Future, 2015 Version, from Our Very Own CTO...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/01/16/predicting-the-future-2015-version-from-our-very-own-cto/) - Our resident CTO, futurist, and marathoner Tim Saxe was featured in ECN Magazine's recent panel on "What Will be the Must-Have Consumer Product of 2015". Of course, his opinion may be somewhat biased, but there is no doubt that makers of smartphones and wearables are working towards devices which as always-on, and always-aware. They want - [Presentations from CES and Needham Posted](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/01/14/presentations-from-ces-and-needham-posted/) - Hello, and happy Wednesday to our readers. We've posted two new presentations over at our investor site, which you can find through the convenient links below. First, a presentation from CES that we had scrolling our in Convention Center meeting suite, as well as in the MEMS industry area. The presentation is quite specific to - [Press from Tim Saxe's Panel Apperance at CES](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2015/01/13/ces2015press/) - Having just about recovered from the sore feet and taxi line extravaganza that is CES, I wanted to pass along a few bits of press from the show related to Tim Saxe's appearance at the Getting to Low Power and Maximum Functionality through Sensor Fusion panel. EE Times - CES 2015: MEMS that Wearables/IoT Need Electronic Design - Q&A: - [Micro Cap Discovery Conference Presentation Now Available](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/12/12/micro-cap-discovery-conference-presentation-now-available/) - I wanted to pass along the link to the presentation given at the Micro Cap Discovery Conference yesterday in Chicago (where, for once, they likely had better December weather than we did!). This presentation can be found on our investor site here. - [Announcing the TAG-N...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/12/11/announcing-the-tag-n/) - Today, QuickLogic announced the availability of our TAG-N Wearable Sensor Hub evaluation kit for the Nordic Semi nRF51 DK, Nordic’s all-in-one, multiprotocol development kit for ultra-low power wireless development on the nRF51822 SoC. We’re very excited to be part of the Nordic ecosystem, and just as excited to offer system designers an off-the-shelf, proven sensor - [2015 CES Booking is Live](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/12/05/2015-ces-booking-is-live/) - Happy Friday! While it seems like it was just yesterday that I was fighting the post-show monorail queue's, the time has again come for the 4 day meeting and swollen feet marathon that is CES. QuickLogic will again be hosting a private meeting suite on the Las Vegas Convention Center show floor, as well as - [Clarifying the V2 News...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/12/03/clarifying-the-v2-news/) - Hello, A long-time QuickLogic follower posted the following question to the blog today: Hi Paul: There’s some PR floating around the internet regarding a new Saygus V2 Android based Smartphone that has won a prestigious CES innovation award. My question is regarding it's reported use of an ArcticLink III from QuickLogic as a co-processor that - [An Interview with Tim Saxe...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/12/01/an-interview-with-tim-saxe/) - An interview with our CTO extraordinaire Tim Saxe from the recent MEMS Executive Conference was recently published, and I wanted to share it here, as well as through the embed below. Tim briefly discusses QuickLogic, as well as some of the trends and interesting information from the conference. Happy to answer any questions! - [TAG & TAG-N in the Wild, Plus Pricing!](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/11/21/tag-tag-n-in-the-wild-plus-pricing/) - Greetings! As the holidays approach, and we all get busy with our travel, shopping, and Tryptophan-induced naps while the Cowboys inevitably struggle through the 2nd half on Thanksgiving day, I wanted to share some news regarding our TAG platforms. Our TAG wearable evaluation kit was demonstrated publicly a few weeks ago at the Wearable Sensor - [From the Wearable Sensors and Electronics 2014 Conference...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/11/12/from-the-wearable-sensors-and-electronics-2014-conference/) - Greetings...we're just down the road from our headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, at the Wearable Sensors and Electronics 2014 Conference. We'll be here today and tomorrow, showing our ArcticLink 3 S2 sensor hub in a variety of QuickLogic platforms, including our smartphone reference kit, TAG wearable evaluation kit, and TAG-N reference design for Nordic Semiconductor's - [Samsung NX1 Announced](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/11/04/samsung-nx1-announced/) - Hello, and happy Tuesday! Longer-term followers of QuickLogic know that we've been working with a Tier 1 OEM of digital cameras for some time now with our display products. As Andy Pease mentioned in his prepared remarks in our Q3 2014 earnings call, we were expecting to announce the OEM in question. Following through on - [Wearable Sensors and Electronics 2014](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/11/03/wearable-sensors-and-electronics-2014/) - Greetings! A quick pre-notice (will be announced via press release as well) that QuickLogic will be exhibiting our sensor hub solutions at the 2014 Wearable Sensors and Electronics Conference in Santa Clara, CA, on November 12 and 13th. For those attending, please stop by, say hi, and learn a bit more about what we have - [Live Tweeting from the EuroAsia Press Event](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/10/08/live-tweeting-from-the-euroasia-press-event/) - I'll be live-tweeting from the EuroAsia press event today on our twitter feed, starting at 9 AM Pacific. Come check it out! - [EuroAsia 2014](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/10/07/euroasia-2014/) - We'll be at the EuroPress Summit Wednesday, October 8th, at 9 AM Pacific. Andy Pease will be presenting the ArcticLink 3 S2, and our view of QuickLogic as a "comprehensive" provider of sensor hub solutions. We'll be posting the actual presentation immediately after the summit here. I'll also be back tomorrow with some reaction from - [Tim Saxe on EDN](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/09/10/tim-saxe-on-edn/) - Our CTO extraordinaire Tim Saxe recently published a guest blog over at EDN entitled New Sensor Hub Capabilities Create More User Context Questions You can find the blog by clicking here, and happy to address questions posted there or here! Thanks to our friends at EDN as well! - [The S2's Sensor Data Buffer Memory in the Real World](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/09/09/sdbm/) - One of the generational enhancements we made on the ArcticLink 3 S2 was to increase the sensor data buffer memory by 800%. To wit, the logical question of the lay person might be "so what does that do for me?" That's a great question: the Sensor Data Buffer Memory allows the ArcticLink 3 S2 ultra-low - [A Bit of Press on the ArcticLink 3 S2](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/09/04/a-bit-of-press-on-the-arcticlink-3-s2/) - A bit of press shown below on the ArcticLink 3 S2, for any readers interested in third-party writings.... SemiWiki ECN Electronics Weekly Novus Light EETimes - [5th Annual Roth Semiconductor Corporate Access Day Presentation](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/09/03/5th-annual-roth-semiconductor-corporate-access-day-presentation/) - Roth Capital is sponsoring their 5th Annual Semiconductor Corporate Access Day today in San Francisco, and QuickLogic is presenting as announced. For those interested, you can view the presentation given today at Roth here. Questions? - [QuickLogic Introduces the New ArcticLink 3 S2](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/09/03/quicklogic-introduces-the-new-arcticlink-3-s2/) - We announced our latest sensor hub platform today, the ArcticLink® 3 S2. While I'll be blogging numerous times over the next few weeks about the various capabilities and advantages of the platform (in depth in some cases), I'll focus today on some high-level talking points that should be of interest to our customers and investors. - [In Memory of Mike Callahan](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/08/08/in-memory-of-mike-callahan/) - It is with the deepest regret and a very heavy heart that I pass on the sad news that Mike Callahan, a QuickLogic Board Member since 1997, passed away earlier this week. Mike, a dear friend, will be sorely missed. My first meeting of Mike dates back to 1988 at an AMD Director’s Conference dinner - [JRC PHS Phone Added to Our OEM Gallery](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/08/04/jrc-phs-phone-added-to-our-oem-gallery/) - Today we announced the latest in a series of connectivity designs, the JRC PHS phone. This phone uses our PolarPro II CSSP device, running a number of technologies including Inter-Processor Communications. An image of the phone appears here... ...as well as in our OEM gallery that some of you may have not seen. The phone is - [Two New Video's of QuickLogic's Sensor Hub](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/07/22/two-new-videos-of-quicklogics-sensor-hub/) - Hello, and thanks for visiting! I wanted to share two new video's from our YouTube site, showing two of the transportation contexts available in the ArcticLink 3 S1 Ultra-low Power Sensor Hub. The first is our "On Bike" context: And the second the "In Car" context: Questions? - [Audience Announces its Intent to Acquire Sensor Platforms](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/06/24/audience-announces-its-intent-to-acquire-sensor-platforms/) - Since today's announcement of the Sensor Platforms (SPI) acquisition might confuse or possibly concern investors who follow our company closely, I want to assure investors that we do not believe it will have a negative impact on our sensor hub CSSP initiatives, or change the roadmap we outlined during our April conference call. During that - [Tap-to-wake and Rotate-wrist-to-wake](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/06/13/tap-to-wake-and-rotate-wrist-to-wake/) - Cool announcement last week about our Wearable device-specific algorithms...what I like most about it is the following... Yup -- they are ours. While we continue to develop our ArcticLink 3 ultra-low power sensor hub hardware line, including announcing our S1 Wearable sensor hub (meant for wearable devices -- its not just a clever name), we - [Updated Investor Presentation Released](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/05/27/updated-investor-presentation-released/) - Good afternoon! For those interested, the most recent version of QuickLogic's investor presentation has been posted to our IR website. The presentation itself can be found here. This is the presentation that will be used at this weeks' Benchmark Company One-on-one Investor Conference, where Andy Pease and Ralph Marimon will be presenting it. Thanks for reading, - [QuickLogic’s Environmental Responsibility](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/05/23/quicklogics-environmental-responsibility/) - We spend most of our time here at HotSpots blogging about new products and technologies. While that is all well and good, I wanted to step back from them and address a larger topic -- our Environmental Responsibility. Let’s start with Conflict-free Minerals. The unique materials needed to produce certain types of semiconductor devices are - [Mobeam and QuickLogic](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/05/08/mobeam-and-quicklogic/) - Hello...yesterday we announced our new PSB featuring Mobeam technology. Rather than go into details that we've covered on the web and in other places, I'll embed a video of the technology below: There are a lot of great things with this technology. For consumers, no more having to carry around dozens and dozens - [Edgar Auslander Leaves QuickLogic Board](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/05/07/edgar-auslander-leaves-quicklogic-board/) - We issued a form 8-K today, indicating that Edgar Auslander has resigned from our Board of Directors. While Edgar has only been a part of our board for a short time, he nonetheless has made contributions to the company which I believe will continue to benefit us well into the future. I have received a - [On the Beam 2](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/05/06/on-the-beam-2/) - While we announced this design win on last weeks earnings call, today we issued a press release on the ArcticLink III BX's inclusion in the Samsung Beam 2 pico projector-enabled smartphone. As many of our avid readers know, we've long-touted that smartphone processors generally don't have the ability to support multiple display paths. As most - [An MCU-to-Sensor Hub Question Addressed...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/05/05/an-mcu-to-sensor-hub-question-addressed/) - There was a great series of questions sent to us earlier today from a frequent reader and commenter using the “Submit a Question” widget just to the right of here. So good, in fact, that I wanted to address it here in a unique blog. Here goes… (In response to a job posting the reader - [Programming QuickLogic's Sensor Hubs...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/04/21/programming-quicklogics-sensor-hubs/) - While some of you may have seen it, there was an excellent article published today by EE Journal entitled Programming QuickLogic’s Sensor Hub:Hardware from a Software Standpoint. Its definitely worth a read when you have a minute or two! The article specifically addresses the various aspects of our ArcticLink 3 S1, from both the hardware - [Effective Logic Cells -- Why All Logic Cells Aren't the Same](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/04/17/effective-logic-cells-why-all-logic-cells-arent-the-same/) - Way back in October, we blogged about the differences between our logic cell design and that of competitors in the mobile programmable logic space. I thought I'd take some time to revisit the topic, and go more in depth as to what advantages this offers mobile OEMs. For comparisons sake, let's compare QuickLogic against a - [The new QuickLogic.com....](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/04/09/the-new-quicklogic-com/) - Eagle-eyed visitors of quicklogic.com may have noticed a slight change...if you haven't been there in the last few hours, take a look... - [QuickLogic's Sensor Hub Integrated Development Environment](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/04/08/quicklogics-sensor-hub-integrated-development-environment/) - Perhaps you saw our press release today about our Integrated Development Environment for sensors? If you didn't, or you're looking for more information, here's why this is really, really exciting... All-in-one tool: The IDE is a one-stop shop for developing and implementing sensor algorithms into a QuickLogic sensor hubs. It combines algorithm development and testing - [EE Web Interview with Andy Pease, and a New QuickLogic Article...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/24/ee-web-interview-with-andy-pease-and-a-new-quicklogic-article/) - Thanks for joining us, and hopefully your spring is shaping up nicely. Today at QuickLogic Hotspots, we wanted to feature a new interview/article with Andy Pease, as well as a sensors article by yours truly. As always, happy to answer any questions... http://www.eeweb.com/magazine/sensor-technology-quicklogic You can download a pdf of the entire magazine here Happy reading! - [An Interview With Andy Pease](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/18/an-interview-with-andy-pease-2/) - An interview of Andy Pease, QuickLogic CEO, was recently published on globalsources.com -- you can find it conveniently linked below: QuickLogic Expands PLD Line for Mobile Electronics - [Ice Cream Sandwiches and Jelly Beans Are Nice...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/18/ice-cream-sandwiches-and-jelly-beans-are-nice/) - But I sure prefer KitKat http://shop.quicklogic.com/corporate/press/releases/quicklogic-announces-kitkat-compliance-of-ultra-low-power-sensor-hub/ - [Indoor Nav and Pressure Sensors](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/14/indoor-nav-and-pressure-sensors/) - This just out from the MEMS Congress in Europe this week: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1321441&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT&cid=NL_EET_Daily_20140314&elq=652ec1460b0343aabbdec9e582fbc657&elqCampaignId=15984 Some of my own personal observations: I don’t agree with the article that pressure sensors are only tied to indoor nav, as I can see clear benefits in the area of fitness to know altitude changes (using the pressure sensor). I can see - [Roth Conference Webcast and Presentation Information](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/10/roth-conference-webcast-and-presentation-information/) - Greetings! The presentation from today's 26th Annual Roth Conference is loaded to our investor site for all to see -- you can view it here. For those who wish to listen to the conference, it starts today at 12:30 Pacific, and can be accessed here. - [A Monday Question from the Blog Forum](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/10/a-monday-question-from-the-blog-forum/) - Happy Monday, and hope those readers in Daylight Savings Time areas aren't too bleary-eyed (the author of this post sure is...). A question came to us recently though the "Submit a Question" link (you can find it there ---->) that I wanted to answer here on HotSpots. Reader question: I noticed that the ASSP block - [Presentation from Today's SensorsCon 2014](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/06/presentation-from-todays-sensorscon-2014/) - For everyone's reference, here are a few short slides Andy Pease presented at today's SensorsCon 2014 conference. QuickLogic SensorsCon 2014 Final Presentation We'll have reactions from the event soon! - [Live-tweeting SensorsCon...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/06/live-tweeting-sensorscon/) - Head on over to our Twitter feed for live tweeting of Andy Pease's panel discussion at today's SensorsCon 2014 updated 4:30 pm -- here is a synopsis of the twitter feed: - [Context Awareness and Wearables...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/03/03/context-awareness-and-wearables/) - To me, wearable’s are still in exploring mode; meaning, market winners and losers are still to be decided. Certainly the fragmentation of the market proves this. However, what is becoming clear is that always-on sensing and context awareness are becoming “must haves” going forward. The folks at Gigaom and IBM think so: http://gigaom.com/2014/03/01/for-the-next-wave-of-wearables-context-will-be-king/ It is - [A Busy Monday Here at QuickLogic...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/02/24/a-busy-monday-here-at-quicklogic/) - In addition to the article I blogged about earlier this AM, we announced via press release today that our CTO, Tim Saxe, will be addressing the 22nd ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays in a panel entitled "Will FPGA's Ever Crack Mobile." Now, for anyone who watches the mobile market closely, the answer to - [CISC vs RISC Architectures on Sensor Hubs](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/02/24/cisc-vs-risc-architectures-on-sensor-hubs/) - Happy Monday to everyone. As Mobile World Congress 2014 is in full swing, I wanted to share an article that was recently published in Design News: The Pros & Cons to Sensor Hub & Sensor Sub-System Management The article details specifically with pros and cons of the various approaches to sensor hub management, including AP-based, - [SensorsCon 2014 with Andy Pease](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/02/20/sensorscon-2014-with-andy-pease/) - Andy Pease, our President and CEO, will be a participant at the March 6th SensorsCon 2014, speaking on the "Trends, Business & Career Opportunities in Sensors" panel. This particular conference is right in our backyard, at the Santa Clara Convention Center (across the street from the quickly-finishing Levi's Stadium). Additionally, QuickLogic will have a demonstration - [5 Things for Mid-February](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/02/17/5-things-for-mid-february/) - (1) Mobile World Congress is right around the corner...let us know if you're going to be there! (2) With the incredible amount of sensor applications being discussed (for instance, these, this one, and these), it's obvious that the algorithm requirements are going to continue to grow and diversify. Given that, the idea of an ASIC-based - [When a Bug is a Glitch...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/02/05/when-a-bug-is-a-glitch/) - I was caught a bit off guard during today's conference call by a question from an analyst who visited our suite at CES where we demonstrated our pre-production ArcticLink 3 S1 sensor hub solution. The reason I was caught off guard is that, as we were demonstrating pre-production silicon and beta software, we simply don't - [Our Newest Board Member](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/02/04/our-newest-board-member/) - Today we announced a new member to QuickLogic’s Board of Directors, Edgar Auslander. Edgar brings a wealth of corporate planning and development experience to our BoD, particularly in the mobile market at such companies as Qualcomm, ST Ericsson, Intel, and TI. This breadth allows him to speak with experience and understanding to the opportunities and - [5 Things...About CES 2014](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/01/17/5-things-about-ces-2014/) - Welcome to a new, semi-regular feature here at QuickLogic HotSpots, "5 Things", where we'll discuss 5 topics on recent events, products, news, etc... So, rather than belabor the point, lets roll with: "5 Things About CES 2014" (1) Curved televisions aren't the answer to low margins in the flat panel industry. The incremental viewing experience - [A Few Recent Articles on QuickLogic](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/01/14/a-few-recent-articles-on-quicklogic/) - Greetings! For those who haven't yet seen these, a couple of very good articles were published on QuickLogic and our new Ultra-Low Power Sensor Hub in the past few days. Links to the articles are below. From SeekingAlpha.com: QuickLogic: Is The New Sensor Hub A Game Changer? From Globes.co.il: Thoughts on Las Vegas From eejournal.com: - [From CES 2014...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2014/01/06/from-ces-2014/) - Happy new year! The QuickLogic crew is currently in Vegas for the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, setting up the demo's in our private meeting suite on the show floor. If you do find yourself at CES (sorry, we don't have extra passes), and haven't yet booked your time with us, we have only a very - ['Tis the Season...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/12/16/tis-the-season/) - Hello readers, As 2013 quickly comes to an end, many people take stock of the blessings they have in life. QuickLogic is no different. As with many companies, we sponsor a number of charitable initiatives for employees. This year, QuickLogic named three charities for our internal giving campaigns, the Second Harvest Food Bank, the San - [From the "Request Line", a Q&A on QuickLogic Device Voltages](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/12/02/from-the-request-line-a-qa-on-quicklogic-device-voltages/) - Hello to our readers. Hopefully you survived Black Friday with life and limbs intact, and thanks for visiting amongst the frantic Amazon.com Cyber Monday discount shopping (here's a couple of gift idea: the VEE-enabled Galaxy Tab 3.0 or the iPico projector for iPhone). Through the 'submit a question' link to the right, we received a - [CES 2014](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/11/21/ces-2014/) - Believe it or not, it's getting very close to the CES 2014 show in Las Vegas. If you are planning on attending the show, please join QuickLogic for exclusive demonstrations, as well as an in-depth discussion on how we can address your mobile design challenges. We'll be showing a variety of technologies, including Android KitKat-compliant - [Couldn't Have Said it Better Myself...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/11/12/couldnt-have-said-it-better-myself/) - Kevin Morris of Electronic Engineering Journal published an article today that I think is probably the most accurate description of QuickLogic and our advantages that I have ever seen from a third party. Here is a brief snippet, followed by the link to the main article: "QuickLogic is still alive and thriving because they recognized - [A New QuickLogic Article](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/11/06/a-new-quicklogic-article/) - A new article on QuickLogic's USB to SDIO Catalog CSSP solution has been published in the October 2013 edition of Electronics Magazine. You can find an electronic version of the magazine here -- skip to page 18 for the good stuff - [PolarPro 3 Logic Cells vs. Competition (Not All Logic Cells are Created Equal)](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/29/polarpro-3-logic-cells-vs-competition-not-all-logic-cells-are-created-equal/) - In choosing which programmable logic device to use, an engineer (or purchasing director, or just anyone) might judge the capabilities and merits of a device based simply on the number of logic cells it contains. This judgment would be true, however, if all logic cells are designed the same. The fact is that they aren’t - [New CAM I/F Catalog CSSP Compatibility Announced](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/29/new-cam-if-catalog-cssp-compatibility-announced/) - Our friends over at VVDN Tech today announced the availability of its HD Camera Cape for the BeagleBone Black development platform, using the QuickLogic CAM I/F Catalog CSSP (Customer Specific Standard Product). For more information and where to buy, visit their site at http://vvdntech.com/news.php - [Want to See the AL3 S1 Catalog CSSP in Action?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/23/want-to-see-the-al3-s1-catalog-cssp-in-action/) - The newest video posted to our YouTube channel is embedded below for your viewing pleasure. The video demonstrates only a few of the capabilities of the QuickLogic's ArcticLink 3 S1-based Always-on Context Aware Sensor Hub Catalog CSSP. Yes -- its a true sensor hub -- it interfaces with the 9DOF sensors within the device, collects - [What Does Always-on Context Awareness Enable?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/23/what-does-always-on-context-awareness-enable/) - I've spoken in previous blogs about how the ArcticLink 3 S1 enables always-on context awareness through it's ultra-low power consumption. Let's talk about specific use cases and applications it can enable: Health & Wellness Monitoring Smartphones with environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, pressure) can be used to provide well-baby monitoring. Many parts of the world are - [And We're Back...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/22/and-were-back-2/) - Sorry about the temporary outage...it appears that we (along with a number of other companies, it appears) were the unfortunate recipients of failed DNS name servers. We're back up now! - [The PolarPro 3 Arrives...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/22/the-polarpro-3-arrives/) - With the announcement of the ArcticLink 3 S1 last week, perhaps some people missed the concurrent announcement of our new programmable logic device, the PolarPro 3 silicon platform. As Andy Pease succinctly pointed out during the product introduction presentation, our ViaLink-based non-volatile programmable logic technology has served QuickLogic quite well for many years, allowing us - [Sensor Hubs: Why Power Matters](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/21/sensor-hubs-why-power-matters/) - One point we've constantly made about our new Sensor Hub line is that we consume significantly less power than competing solutions -- in fact, we are 1/30 the power of existing microcontrollers. However, a lot of people have asked, and likely will ask: how big of a deal is low power? We think its a - [The Paradigm Shift in Our Sensor Hub Approach](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/18/the-paradigm-shift-in-our-sensor-hub-approach/) - Semiconductor design engineers live and die by Moore’s Law – every 18 months, your device should shrink by 2 and be twice as powerful. That law has served consumers well for many years, demonstrated by the fact that our smartphones today are significantly more powerful than the desktop PCs we worked on even last decade. - [Why Sensor Hubs?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/17/why-sensor-hubs/) - When I took over as President & CEO of QuickLogic in January of 2011, one of the first things I did was to put more emphasis on our roadmaps and R&D investment. I felt at the time, and still do, that R&D investment is the lifeblood of any technology company. As part of this investment, - [Some "Context" on Sensor Definitions](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/16/some-context-on-sensor-definitions/) - With our exciting announcement today of our ArcticLink 3 S1 and PolarPro 3 solutions, I thought it would be proper to provide some terms that followers of QuickLogic will soon to be very accustomed to hearing from us in various places. With no further ado (and there will be a test, so pay attention)... Sensor - [Sensor Hub and PolarPro 3 Videos](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/16/sensor-hub-and-polarpro-3-videos/) - Recently updated to our YouTube site are some brief informational video's on our latest products, the Ultra-low Power Sensor Hub ArcticLink 3 S1 and the PolarPro 3. You can find the video's embedded below, and can click on them for a larger, native YouTube version. Happy viewing, and continue to check back here at QuickLogic - [Introduction to the ArcticLink 3 S1](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/10/16/introduction-to-the-arcticlink-3-s1/) - Today we announced our newest silicon platform, the ArcticLink 3 S1. Our ultra-low power sensor hub (ULPSH) product line, featuring both standard and catalog CSSPs, represents a big leap forward in terms of capability enabled by our brand new reprogrammable fabric. The standard CSSP product allows OEMs to customize the product with their own internally - [An Additional Upcoming Investor Conference](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/09/12/an-additional-upcoming-investor-conference/) - Andy Pease (CEO) and Ralph Marimon (CFO) will be presenting at the Craig-Hallum 4th annual Alpha Select Conference on September 26 in New York City (my hometown, and the best darn city in the world). As usual, we will post the contents of the presentation on our investor site at QuickLogic.com, as well as linked - [Quick Link to the ROTH 2013 Investor Presentation](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/09/09/quick-link-to-the-roth-2013-investor-presentation/) - For those unable to attend, please find a copy of the presentation given at today's ROTH conference here. Always happy to answer any questions! - [Presentation from Uplinq](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/09/04/presentation-from-uplinq/) - Greetings! Mehul Kochar, QuickLogic's Senior Business Development Manager, presented yesterday at the 2013 Uplinq Conference in San Diego. As Qualcomm's signature developers conference, Uplinq hosts thousands of attendees from various companies, including OEMs of components, software, applications, & hardware, plus wireless carriers and press. A truly worldwide audience, Uplinq provides great visibility for our company. - [ROTH Semiconductor 2013](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/09/04/roth-semiconductor-2013/) - A quick note to our readers that our CEO and President, Andy Pease, and CFO, Ralph Marimon, will be available for meetings at the ROTH Semiconductor Corporate Access Day, next Monday, September 9th, in San Francisco. Information can be found in our press release here. As the PR notes, this is for institutional clients of - [The Inner Workings of a Digital Still Camera](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/08/19/the-inner-workings-of-a-digital-still-camera/) - A question from our "Submit a Question" section here on HotSpots: For the last three earnings calls, Andy has commented on the progress of a design win for the camera market. How does the display path of a high resolution camera differ from a smartphone with a camera? What is it exactly that needs to - [On Who We Consider Tier 1's to Be...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/08/12/on-who-we-consider-tier-1s-to-be/) - A couple of great questions submitted recently: On the recent CC, it was stated that the ArcticLink III BX was included in a reference design from a U.S. Tier 1 semiconductor supplier. How do you define "tier 1" as it relates to semiconductor companies? and a follow-up from the same reader: Clearly companies like Intel, - [Confirming What We Spoke About on the Earnings Call...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/08/08/confirming-what-we-spoke-about-on-the-earnings-call/) - A simple, to-the-point update today: for those of you who haven't seen it, we've formally announced both the Samsung and Waterworld designs that we alluded to on our Q2 2013 earnings call. While not news to most, these designs represent an increasing acceptance and desire for our ArcticLink III CSSP products in both the OEM - [On the Flexibility of Product Roadmaps (a Q&A submission)...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/08/01/on-the-flexibility-of-product-roadmaps-a-qa-submission/) - A new question from the Q&A feature: I noticed that the Nexus 7.2 just came out matching the VX III’s top supported resolution of 1920 X 1200. In the Roth Conference slides, there is mention of ArcticLink IV VX family for 2014, with a 2560 x 1600 resolution. Samsung, however, just leapfrogged that in their - [An Addition to the Showcase](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/07/31/an-addition-to-the-showcase/) - Always nice to put something new in the physical and virtual product showcase... The GALAXY Tab 3 7.0's make a great addition! - [Increases in Resolution (A Q&A)...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/07/16/increases-in-resolution/) - Another submission from our Q&A feature: When should we expect to see QUIK with display (VX) products able to support display resolutions of 2560 x 1600? QuickLogic alluded to the next generation of our VX product line supporting 2560 x 1600 resolutions in our presentation (slide 9) at the 25th Annual Roth Conference back in - [Embedded vs Discrete...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/07/15/embedded-vs-discrete/) - A great question submitted in the Q&A feature: Can a QUIK CSSP (i.e. AL BX or VX) be imbedded in a Application Processor (AP), or would it always be a stand-alone chip on a board? Note the following from an ifixit teardown which leads me to believe vendor chips can be imbedded in the AP: - [New Q&A Question: Is there a set date...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/07/10/new-qa-question-is-there-a-set-date/) - Another question received today via the Q&A feature: Is there a set date when I could expect to see the new tablets/products with your technology in them? A good question. We will continue to provide updates as to our design/production sales status during our next earnings call, scheduled for July 31st. Right now, I cannot - [A Free-Forum Question Answered...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/07/10/a-free-forum-question-answered/) - Using the new Q&A feature I blogged about here, and which you can also see (and use) just to down and to the right of this text, the following was submitted by a long-time reader I read Andy's interview with NewElectronics, and I am interested in Andy's guarded comment about TI being interested in DPO - [An Interview with Andy Pease...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/07/10/an-interview-with-andy-pease/) - A quick note; for those who haven't seen it, our CEO, Andy Pease, was featured in a recent article in New Electronics Magazine. It can be read here: http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-interviews/interview-with-andy-pease-president-and-ceo-quicklogic/52813/ Andy provides a little more context into our Catalog CSSP strategy we announce around the time of the interview, as well as some larger-scale corporate information. - [South Korea Welcomes QuickLogic...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/07/02/south-korea-welcomes-quicklogic/) - Joining our existing field sales and technical support locations in the US, Japan, Taiwan, China, and the UK, South Korea has become the latest country to host a QuickLogic office. As our press release states, and what is obvious to anyone who follows mobile markets, South Korea is an extremely important country. Our presence there - [New Q&A Feature Here at QuickLogic HotSpot](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/06/24/new-qa-feature-here-at-quicklogic-hotspot/) - Hello, and thanks as always for reading... A few of our regular readers have commented lately that they are a bit unsure of where to submit questions that aren't directly related to current blogs. I can certainly understand this, and appreciate their consideration. So, to address this, we've created a free form "Submit a Question" - [USB to SDIO, the Latest Catalog CSSP](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/06/20/usb-to-sdio-the-latest-catalog-cssp/) - Greetings! QuickLogic today announced our latest Catalog CSSP (#4, by my count), the USB-to-SDIO solution. In short, this Catalog CSSP enables the translation of USB to SDIO, meant for use in systems whose processors are either SDIO-port limited or don't even have SDIO ports. Here's why we like this, and like it a lot: smartphones - [Video from GlobalPress](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/06/19/video-from-globalpress/) - While not news for those of you who follow our YouTube page, we loaded video from the GlobalPress 2013 seminar here. We are happy to answer any questions you may have! - [What is the CUB?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/05/30/what-is-the-cub/) - Talking about our press announcement today of our new CUB system reference design... The CUB Mother Board The CUB, as the announcement and information page attest to, is a series of boards designed specifically to speed the integration, test, and calibration of ArcticLink III VX devices into a customers system. Essentially, the CUB is a series - [Sitara Supports Android](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/05/20/sitara-supports-android/) - Greetings! We announced today that our first Catalog CSSP, the CAM I/F device designed around Texas Instruments Sitara Am335X processor, has widened its OS support to now include Android 4.1.2. Formerly running exclusively in Linux, this new support opens QuickLogic's ability to support customers of Sitara who have chosen to move into the Android operating - [Announcement on George Apostol](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/04/25/announcement-on-george-apostol/) - Effective May 3rd, George Apostol, VP of Engineering, will be leaving QuickLogic to take on a new role as Vice President, Samsung Strategy and Open Innovation Center. In his words, “this has absolutely nothing to do with QuickLogic; I love the company, the people, the space we are in, and most importantly, the progress we are - [Catalog CSSP #3: VEE-BCC-Pico](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/04/24/catalog-cssp-3-vee-bcc-pico/) - With our announcement earlier in the week of our VEE-Pico Catalog CSSP, a few questions were asked about where BCC fits into the Catalog CSSP platform..well, it fits right here: The VEE-BCC-Pico Catalog CSSP This Catalog CSSP, the third in our series, offers pico projector OEMs the distinct user experience advantages of VEE, but also - [Catalog CSSP #2: VEE-Pico](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/04/23/catalog-cssp-2-vee-pico/) - For those who read our announcement today, you know that we have released our second Catalog CSSP, the VEE-Pico. While QuickLogic is certainly not new to the pico market (see PoP Video, iPico, others), the VEE-Pico represents our first standard product for OEMs of accessory, stand-alone, and embedded projectors. We've talked about effective lumens ad - [From Linley 2013](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/04/19/from-linley-2013/) - As we announced not too long ago, our resident tech guru, Tim Saxe (CTO of QuickLogic), presented at the Linley Tech Mobile Conference yesterday. The presentation, entitled "Power is the Hidden Cost of Flexibility” is linked below. A summary of the presentation: Typically a discussion about power challenges in mobile devices focuses on the power - [Enter the Catalog CSSP...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/04/17/enter-the-catalog-cssp/) - Today we announced an exciting new line of products from QuickLogic, the Catalog CSSP line. Rather than me blab on for (seemingly) hours, I’ll instead go right to questions that we’ve received when introducing this concept to customers and members of the press: Q: What is the difference between a catalog CSSP and - [Greetings From GlobalPress 2013](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/04/16/greetings-from-globalpress-2013/) - Hello, and thanks for checking in at QuickLogic HotSpots! You'll find a link to today's Globalpress Electronics Summit 2013 presentation, given by Andy Pease just now at the Chaminade Hotel in Santa Cruz, CA. Presentation Link: http://ir.quicklogic.com/presentations.cfm - [Supporting On-board and External Displays in a One Output World, Part II (QuickLogic Strikes Back)](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/03/28/supporting-on-board-and-external-displays-in-a-one-output-world-part-ii-quicklogic-strikes-back/) - In a blog not too long ago, I spoke in detail on our new VX6BxG variants of the ArcticLink III family, which support an MIPI input to LVDS and RGB output architecture. This product is targeted primarily at tablets with a need for a secondary video output, most often used for MHL or HDMI purposes. - [From Roth 2013...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/03/19/from-roth-2013/) - As we mentioned in a press release not too far back, Andy Pease is presenting at today's 25th annual Roth Conference. For those unable to attend or listen to the webinar, you can find a copy of the presentation here. Happy reading! - [Supporting On-board and External Displays in a One Output World](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/03/08/supporting-on-board-and-external-displays-in-a-one-output-world/) - With the recent rise of popularity of adding MHL or HDMI interfaces to tablets, already-overburdened system designs now face another challenge—how to integrate a secondary video output into a system designed to support only the on-board display? This is a huge challenge, primarily so based on (1) the number of concurrent outputs that CPU’s generally - [New QuickLogic Article...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/03/01/new-quicklogic-article/) - A new article by a couple of folks at QuickLogic has been published by our friends at Design News: http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=257801&dfpPParams=ind_184,aid_257801&dfpLayout=article The article touches on Inter-processor Communications, CAM I/F, Data Transfer Offload, and Wake Up and Verify PSBs from QuickLogic. Questions? - [Ask the CEO, Winter 2013 Edition, Questions Answered](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/02/26/ask-the-ceo-winter-2013-edition-questions-answered/) - Q: In your opinion, where is VEE technology headed? Is it possible to see a medical intersect downstream, getting great internal pictures on a nanotech platform? A: While our current focus for VEE remains smartphones, tablets, and pico projectors, there are other markets that VEE could offer significant performance advantages in. Certainly medical is an - [Ask the CEO, Winter 2013 Edition](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/02/14/ask-the-ceo-winter-2013-edition/) - Back by popular demand, here is your chance to 'Ask the CEO'. The deadline for questions is February 21st, close of business. We will have responses up shortly thereafter. As always, unless we have publicly announced products or relationships with OEMs (e.g. Kyocera), we cannot address OEM-specific questions. Thanks for understanding our need to keep - [We're Connecting, One PHS at a Time](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/02/12/were-connecting-one-phs-at-a-time/) - Today we announced another in a line of designs with our good friends at Kyocera. Building on our VEE and DPO designs with them, we’ve expanded into the connectivity realm to integrate a CSSP featuring inter-processor communication technology. A high-level view of the technology is found here, with an earlier blog written back in July - [CES 2013 Press](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/01/23/ces-2013-press/) - Following up on our CES 2013 show coverage, here is an embed of an interview with QuickLogic and EngineeringTV, hosted by Joe Desposito, editor-in-chief of Electronic Design. The original video can be found at http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Quicklogics-Visual-Enhancement It was my pleasure speaking with Joe about VEE, DPO, and the ArcticLink III VX. - [Friday at CES 2013...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/01/11/friday-at-ces-2013/) - As this years CES winds down, a few reflections on what I saw: Pico projectors are becoming very, very interesting. I had the pleasure of seeing a 1080p projector, smartphone-form-factor. To see an an image projected at 1080p resolution out of a projector capable of fitting into a smartphone--it was something 4K TV's are all - [Greetings from CES 2013](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/01/09/greetings-from-ces-2013/) - Hello there, and greetings from CES 2013. As with last year, we have made a video of our meeting suite, and are embedding it below for your viewing pleasure. Stay tuned for more updates as the week progresses. QuickLogic will be hosting a private meeting room on the show floor during the entirety of the - [Video from December's DigiTimes Technical Forum](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/01/07/video-from-decembers-digitimes-technical-forum/) - Video from December's DigiTimes Technical Forum is now available on our YouTube page, and also embedded below The speech was to a Taiwan audience, and you'll notice immediately that the presentation is done in Chinese for the local audience (a request from attendees the previous year). - [Final Reminder for CES 2013](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2013/01/02/final-reminder-for-ces-2013/) - A quick final reminder for meetings at CES. If you are attending the exhibition, and would like to meet with us, please click on the link and follow the directions... Thanks, and Happy New Year! - [Presentation from the FPD Forum](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/12/12/presentation-from-the-fpd-forum/) - As promised, here is the presentation given at today's FPD Forum in Taipei, Taiwan by our own Edward Lien. As you can see, the presentation centered about QuickLogic's ArcticLink III VX CSSP, and how VEE's display viewability and DPO's system power savings can benefit designers and OEM's of smartphones and tablets. Happy to answer any - [クイックロジックの日本語サイトがオープン！](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/12/10/クイックロジックの日本語サイトがオープン！/) - クイックロジックの日本語サイトが本日オープンしました。日本のお客様に向けて弊社ソリューション、プラットフォーム、会社案内、プレスリリースなどの最新情報を日本語でお届けします。詳しくは本日発表のプレスリリースをご覧ください。 日本語サイトへは下記のURL、もしくはモバイル端末からQRコードを読み取りアクセスして下さい。 皆様の訪問をお待ちしております！ http://jp.quicklogic.com We are pleased to announce that we have launched our new Japanese website today. We will bring the latest information on our solutions and platforms, company profile, and press releases for our Japanese customers. Please check today's press release for details. To access the Japanese website, please go to the URL below - [FPD Technology and Applications Forum...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/12/07/fpd-technology-and-applications-forum/) - Today, we announced that our own Edward Lien will be presenting at the 2012 FPD Technology and Applications Forum. We will post the content from that presentation here on QuickHub after the presentation. For reference, here is a video from last years forum. I think this years forum attendees will be much happier with the - [On the 13 Variants of the ArcticLink III VX...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/12/05/on-the-13-variants-of-the-arcticlink-iii-vx/) - The question arose today of alternative input/output architectures the ArcticLink III VX that aren't explicitly listed. First, let's start by listing the 13 variants Click the chart to embiggen I should also note that the interfaces which the customer requires are determined by their choice of processor and display--while we've address this ad nauseum before, - [On the Snapdragon...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/12/03/on-the-snapdragon/) - Welcome back to QuickLogic HotSpot. QuickLogic announced today that we now have a daughter card available that connects to the DragonBoard (based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Processors). Our card accepts the MIPI-DSI output of the DragonBoard. It embeds a QuickLogic ArcticLink III VX5 CSSP device that converts the MIPI-DSI signal to LVDS. As it's a VX device, - [On the ArcticLink III for Cameras...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/11/20/on-the-arcticlink-iii-for-cameras/) - Today’s blog deals with an adjacent market for the ArcticLink III (AL III), digital cameras, and specifically the embedded display. As I start, I should be clear and say that we are not talking about putting VEE and DPO into the image capture (camera) path. As many of you know, we license the core of - [CES 2013](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/11/08/ces-2013/) - QuickLogic announces CES 2013 meeting and demo availability - [On Moving the BX to a VX](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/10/31/on-moving-the-bx-to-a-vx/) - This blog details the scope of work/complexity for a customer to moving from an QuickLogic ArcticLink III BX design to an ArcticLink III VX design - [On the BX....](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/10/30/on-the-bx/) - As Andy Pease mentioned in our Q3 2012 earnings call just now, QuickLogic has formally announced the ArcticLink III BX family of devices for display bridging applications. As a bit of background, which is familiar to those who attended the call, a customer decision to use a display bridge device is made very early in - [Greetings From Miami](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/10/16/greetings-from-miami/) - As you may have seen in our press release, some of us are down here in Miami at the MIPI Alliance meeting. We are at the demo day function, showing the ArcticLink III demonstration board running a 720p MIPI display (using the VX3B2B), as well as the Pantech phone with the ArcticLink II device with - [VEE, Contrast Ratio, and Reflections...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/09/12/vee-contrast-ratio-and-reflections/) - We’ve preached ad nauseum here on QuickLogic HotSpot about VEE and its ability to increase viewability on displays. We’ve showed pictures and videos, and many of our faithful readers have been able to experience VEE in person on various production smartphones/tablets/pico projectors or on our demo systems. Viewing is easy to prove…but how about quantifying - [On Orion](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/09/10/on-orion/) - Today we announced another solution for the Texas Instruments Sitara line, our Orion reference solution. Much like the Beagle Bone CAM I/F solution we announced a few weeks ago, our Orion solution allows OEMs using the Sitara platform to expand the capabilities of their systems through alternative connectivity interfaces. The Orion solution allows for connectivity - [How the ArcticLink III VX MIPI2 to MIPI4 Enables Lower-cost 720p Displays](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/08/31/how-the-arcticlink-iii-vx-mipi2-to-mipi4-enables-lower-cost-720p-displays/) - Of the 13 different silicon variants of the ArcticLink III VX devices, the one that gets the most questions is the VX3B2F, or the MIPI 2-lane to MIPI 4-lane bridge with VEE and DPO. In particular, we are asked ‘why would a customer need this?’ Here’s why: Often in the smartphone market, OEMs ramp to - [From the TI Forum](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/08/23/from-the-ti-forum/) - A few (admittedly low quality) photographs from today's TI Tech Forum in San Jose. This is the QuickLogic table, demonstrating the CAM I/F Camera Cape capabilities. - [Find Yourself in San Jose on 8/23?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/08/22/find-yourself-in-san-jose-on-823/) - Then (in my best Rod Roddy voice) "come on down" to the TI Technology Day at the Fairmont Hotel from 8AM to 3:30 PM. We will be showing the BeagleBone reference design, our latest CSSP solution featuring the CAM I/F interface. For more information and to register, visit: http://shop.quicklogic.com/corporate/press/releases/quicklogic-to-participate-at-ti-technology-day-2012/ - [BeagleBone Camera Cape Links](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/08/15/beaglebone-camera-cape-links/) - Back today with a few quick links related to our recent TI BeagleBone announcement. The good folks at Engadget were nice enough to mention Camera Cape as one of the most attractive accessory boards for the BeagleBone development system. We are very excited about CSSP-based CAM I/F solution and how this extends QuickLogic’s connectivity solutions - [Dual SIM Phones: How QuickLogic Can Help](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/07/30/dual-sim-phones-how-quicklogic-can-help/) - Most of today’s smartphones use SIM cards to identify a subscriber, as well as to store personal data such as phone numbers and text messages. We’re probably all familiar with the little electronic card that the person behind the counter sticks into a new phone we buy at the carrier, or from moving it to - [On the T.I. Ecosystem](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/07/25/on-the-t-i-ecosystem/) - As followers of QuickLogic, you no doubt saw a fairly significant announcement from us on Monday - that we’re joining the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) Sitara™ ARM® processor ecosystem with our Camera Interface (CAM I/F) CSSP. That announcement was the culmination of several months of architecture, development, and marketing efforts between QuickLogic, TI, BeagleBoard.org (the open source community that supports Beaglebone) and CircuitCo (the - [On BeagleBone Camera Cape and CAM I/F](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/07/23/on-beaglebone-camera-cape-and-cam-if/) - Today we announced our latest connectivity solution, the ‘CAM I/F’ camera interface solution for Texas Instruments Sitara line of processors. Sitara is a lower-cost line of processors aimed for markets such as mobile enterprise, portable consumer, industrial tablet and industrial smartphone markets. As with all products, design trade-offs need to be made by makers of - [Display Resolutions...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/07/13/display-resolutions/) - A hot topic in the consumer device world, post iPad 3 (err...new iPad...which begs the question of what the next one will be called...newer iPad?) is where displays are going, resolution-wise. There are too many variables (technology, content needs, apps, "specsmanship", etc...) for anyone to say for sure. I will say that you should expect - [When is an LCD better than an OLED?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/06/25/when-is-an-lcd-better-than-an-oled/) - …when it contains a QuickLogic CSSP with VEE. Watch for a more detailed explanation of this in a video blog in the coming weeks. - [PC Magazine Reviews PoP (and VEE!)](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/06/12/pc-magazine-reviews-pop-and-vee/) - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405437,00.asp PC Magazine has published their review of the PoP Video, and mentions VEE... "...Visual Enhancement Engine.The results are good and I mostly left the Auto-Enhance option on, as it made somewhat-dim images a bit easier on the eyes." - [On the URBANO PROGRESSO...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/06/06/on-the-urbano-progresso/) - The hot news at QuickLogic today is the announcement of our new production smartphone, the Kyocera "URBANO PROGRESSO". As our press release mentioned, the URBANO PROGRESSO uses a QuickLogic ArcticLink II VX4 device, featuring an MDDI Type II to RGB bridge, as well as VEE and DPO. Key to note here is that VEE and - [PoP is Shipping...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/06/05/pop-is-shipping/) - For those US-based folks who ordered a PoP video (featuring VEE) you should likely be receiving it any day now, as the PoP's are now shipping. According to the fine folks over there, shipping to Europe will commence shortly, followed by Asia. More to come from us in the coming days, including some connectivity-related items! - [VEE on Higher Lumen Projectors](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/05/16/vee-on-higher-lumen-projectors/) - While the PoP Video is proof-positive that VEE can enhance the viewing experience of a lower-lumen projector, many people have asked what VEE can do for higher lumen systems. To answer this, we sent a prototype 50 lumen projector (from an ODM partner) to PicoPros.com and let them test it. The link below, as well - [Effective Lumens, and How the PoP Video with VEE Outperforms the Competition](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/05/10/effective-lumens-and-how-the-pop-video-with-vee-outperforms-the-competition/) - So, the title pretty much says it all. We've loaded a new video blog to our YouTube channel, and embedded it here for your viewing pleasure. The crux of the video: Lumens, as a measure of the light source brightness of a pico projector, is scientific Lumens, as a measure of the viewability (thus, image - [First Independent Review of the PoP (with VEE) Is In...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/05/07/first-independent-review-of-the-pop-with-vee-is-in/) - The first independent review of the PoP Video (with QuickLogic's CSSP-based VEE) is in... http://www.picopros.com/article/review-pop-video-projector-micron/ "In use, the VEE technology worked quite well. Viewing content without VEE enabled results in some fairly dim images. However, when VEE is enabled, the images appear much more pleasing and, somehow, much brighter. It is something you really have to see - [3GS on the PoP...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/05/07/3gs-on-the-pop/) - The PoP Video just keeps getting more attractive...our friends at PoP announced late Friday that they've been certified by Apple for use on the iPhone 3GS as well. The 50M or so folks who bought the 3GS should be pretty jazzed they can get PoP (with VEE) now! - [How to Access VEE on the PoP Video](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/05/04/how-to-access-vee-on-the-pop-video/) - With all the excitement the PoP Video has generated, I wanted to share a quick video on how VEE can be accessed and changed on the device. You can also subscribe to videos like this at our YouTube channel. - [Some PoP Video Links...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/05/03/some-pop-video-links/) - Our friends at PoP Video have gotten a lot of media coverage since their release, and I wanted to highlight a few links here (with a certain amount of self-promotion for VEE, of course!). We'll have some more QuickLogic-generated content very soon; but for now, enjoy the links Engadget "3.5 ounce peripheral's capable of 960 - [VEE on the PoP Video...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/05/01/vee-on-the-pop-video/) - So, the big announcement leading our earnings call today was that our VEE technology is now shipping to Micron for their iPhone 4/4S and iPod Touch pico projector accessory called the PoP Video. I've spent some time with the finished-good product, and I have to say it is truly outstanding. Our friends at Micron have - [Why an OEM Would Use a Bridge Chip (and Why They Wouldn’t)](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/04/30/why-an-oem-would-use-a-bridge-chip-and-why-they-wouldnt/) - Upon seeing the ArcticLink III VX RGB->LVDS demo at the recent Linley conference, a very astute attendee asked me ‘why do some OEMs use bridge chips and some don’t?’ This was a very good question, and one we’ve gotten before. Accordingly, it makes good blog fodder, so here we go… From the outset, this would - [Gentle Reminder on Linley (and a bit more...)](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/04/16/gentle-reminder-on-linley-and-a-bit-more/) - Though you've likely already seen our press release, Tim Saxe, QuickLogic's CTO, will be speaking tomorrow, Tuesday April 17, at 9 AM, on how to "Keep Internet Security Simple (KISS)" at the 2012 Linley Mobile Tech Conference. This is at the Doubletree hotel in San Jose. More information can be found on the conference here. - [Your Turn](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/04/13/your-turn/) - So, dear readers, its time to turn the tables on us. Here at QuickLogic Hotspots, we hope that our content is of interest to you, and we are writing about things you want to read about. Our metrics certainly tell us that we are, but we want to be sure. So here is your chance: - [A Few Links...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/04/03/a-few-links/) - Thanks to our friends over at picopros.com for the brief, but very kind article on our technology. http://www.picopros.com/article/pico-projectors-bolster-future-growth-quicklogic-according-bloomberg We appreciate their support of QuickLogic, and definitely agree with their assessment of how VEE and BCC can add to the user experience with pico projectors. Also, a gentle reminder of other links where you can find - [On MHL and HDMI: How Do VEE and DPO Fit?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/04/02/on-mhl-and-hdmi-how-does-vee-and-dpo-fit/) - QuickLogic’s new ArcticLink III VX devices, revealed last December, features LVDS, MIPI, and RGB interfaces. Combined with our legacy ArcticLink II VX products with MDDI and RGB, we think we’ve got the interface needs of tablet and smartphone OEMs locked up for the foreseeable future. When we say this, people do ask us: why not - [Smartphone 'Injustices'](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/03/26/smartphone-injustices/) - www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/7-worst-smartphone-injustices-how-fight-them-523772 Read this article yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised to see battery life as the top ‘injustice’ of smartphones. Now, ‘injustice’ is a very strong word, but I do agree with the authors assertion that battery life is horrible on smartphones However, are removable batteries the way to fight that? Let’s get real—how many of - [I am the Myth-Debunker](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/03/19/i-am-the-myth-debunker/) - I’ve spent the better part of the last 12 years in the imaging and display world. In that whole time, one thing that is constantly misunderstood and debated is how exactly to measure quality of cameras and displays, and further how to cut through marketing-speak. Myth 1: “HD-quality” “HD-Quality” is a marketing tool, plain and - [On Certivox](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/03/14/on-certivox/) - The latest water cooler topic here at QuickLogic, and certainly around the ‘virtual’ water cooler of the QuickLogic investor sites, has been CertiVox (judging by the good number of questions related to it in our ‘Ask the CEO’ blog). So, here is some information on the company, and why it makes sense for us to - [Ask the CEO Q1 2012, Asked and Answered](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/03/02/ask-the-ceo-q1-2012-asked-and-answered-2/) - Hello, and thanks for all the questions to our regular 'Ask the CEO' blog. Now, onto the answers... Q: Is MHL in QuickLogic’s product plans, as it appears to be the only standard not supported by QuickLogic today? (shortened for brevity) A: MHL is an impressive technology as it allows HDMI audio and video over - [Quick Link to our Friends at CertiVox](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/02/27/quick-link-to-our-friends-at-certivox/) - http://blog.certivox.com/brian_spector/2012/02/24/have-a-usb-thumb-drive-take-secured-cloud-storage-with-you-wherever-you-go/ Above is a quick link to our new friends over at CertiVox. Expect to see a whole lot more about this soon! - [Ask The CEO, Q1 2012](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/02/20/ask-the-ceo-q1-2012/) - Hello, It's that time again...here's your quarterly chance to ask questions directly of Andy Pease. Questions will be accepted up until Wednesday, Feb 29th, with a blog to follow afterwards addressing as many of those questions as we can. As always, unless we have publicly announced products or relationships with OEMs (e.g. Pantech, Kyocera), we - [On 'Winning Customer Experiences'](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/02/17/on-winning-customer-experiences/) - One of QuickLogic’s core beliefs is that we must deliver winning customer experiences for all of our clients. This is paramount, no matter how good our technology is, or how compelling our engagement model may be. There is competition out there. Without a world class experience, QuickLogic’s customers are a lot more apt to explore - [On BCC...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/02/06/on-bcc/) - Sorry for being late with this blog, especially for those interested and keeping track… We announced BCC, or Background Color Compensator, last week. This technology enables OEMs of pico projectors to design in an automatic compensation for other-than-white backgrounds. So the obvious question is: “Is this important?” We believe so, and here’s why: Standard projectors - [How VEE Affects the Effective Lumens on Pico Projectors](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/01/26/how-vee-effects-the-effective-lumens-on-pico-projectors/) - Many people have asked us how exactly VEE works on Pico Projectors. A little more information is contained in the video below, also available on our YouTube channel. The shortened version: Brightness does not necessarily equal viewability Increased projector lumens means more power consumption, and in most cases a larger, more costly subsystem VEE uses - [Video Usage on Tablets, and a Few Other Data Points...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/01/24/video-usage-on-tablets-and-a-few-other-data-points/) - http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/12/people-now-watch-videos-nearly-30-percent-longer-on-tablets-than-desktops/ The story above isn't anything new...at almost 3 months old, it's dinosaur-esq in the consumer market. However, it does illustrate the use case of video's on tablets, which by extension can be extrapolated to increase the need for technologies like VEE HD+ and DPO HD+. There are also a lot of interesting statistics about - [Live from CES...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/01/10/live-from-ces/) - As promised, we're live blogging from CES. Rather than me boring you with words, I'll bore you with video... - [Video from the Latest D.T.F.](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/01/04/video-from-the-latest-d-t-f/) - As promised, here's video from the December DigiTimes technical forum from our Youtube channel: - [Packing for C.E.S.](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2012/01/03/packing-for-c-e-s/) - As today's press release alluded to, we’ll again be at CES this year. As it mentioned, we’ll be demonstrating a few things VEE-related, as well as a good amount of connectivity-related items, including 3G datacards and CX reference designs (namely our Jupiter boards). There may even be something on pico’s… For those who are going - [One More For the Road...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/22/one-more-for-the-road/) - ...so I may have been a bit premature when I said it was the last blog of 2011 in my last entry... Before the break, I wanted to quickly give our readers a summarized list of questions we've gotten regarding the ArcticLink III VX in the last month or so of press and investor interviews. - [Size Matters: How We Shrunk the ArcticLink III VX](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/21/size-matters-how-we-shrunk-the-arcticlink-iii-vx/) - As the final blog before we (OK, I) settle down for a long winters nap, I wanted to mention a few items about the size of the ArcticLink III VX device. Yes, we’ve shrunk the device 44% from 6 x 6 mm to 4.5 x 4.5 mm. This is true for all 13 variants of - [Pico's: Why Our Dual Output ArcticLink III VX6 Matters](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/16/picos-why-our-dual-output-arcticlink-iii-vx6-matters/) - Whether in our earnings calls, or here on HotSpots, we’ve talked a lot about pico projectors in the last few months. Well…as much as we’ve only recently externally talked about them, they’ve been a hot topic internally here for quite some time. So much so, in fact, that we dedicated 2 of the 13 devices - [VEE and DPO HD+; What’s Different and Improved](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/14/vee-and-dpo-hd-whats-different-and-improved/) - We’ve spent a lot of time in the past couple of days talking about generational improvements and interfaces, but the main selling features of the ArcticLink III VX will remain our Visual Enhancement Engine High Definition Plus (VEE HD+) and Display Power Optimizer High Definition Plus (DPO HD+). Those familiar with our products know the - [Display Interfaces; What’s Popular Where, and Why We Chose What We Chose](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/12/display-interfaces-whats-popular-where-and-why-we-chose-what-we-chose/) - Hopefully our readers have had a chance to digest everything so far on the ArcticLink III VX. We’re going to do our best to continue to bring you information as we approach the end of the year. Today’s subject is interfaces, and why we chose what we chose. According to our internal market research and - [QuickLogic Generations; How the ArcticLink III VX Compares and Contrasts to the ArcticLink II VX](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/08/quicklogic-generations-how-the-arcticlink-iii-vx-compares-and-contrasts-to-the-arcticlink-ii-vx/) - For those who are avid readers of the QuickLogic HotSpots, the ArcticLink II VX (ALII) is a very familiar topic. As the primary vehicle for our VEE and DPO technologies, the ALII has been used by OEMs such as Pantech, BenQ, Kyocera, and others. But, like all things aimed at consumer technology, it must evolve, - [Presentation from FPD](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/07/presentation-from-fpd/) - If you are unable to make it, you are welcomed to view the PDF version of today's FPD Technology and Application Forum presentation here. A video of the actual presentation should be available in a few short weeks. Look for new blogs on the ArcticLink III VX starting tomorrow - [So, Is the ArcticLink III VX Really a CSSP?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/07/so-is-the-arcticlink-iii-vx-really-a-cssp/) - One of the questions I’ve been asked consistently since our first ArcticLink III VX press meeting is “is this really a CSSP? Isn’t it more of an ASSP?” In summary: Yes, this is a CSSP. Here’s why: Obviously there is no fabric on this chip. This certainly makes the silicon appear to be closer to - [A Couple of Articles on the ArcticLink III VX](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/06/a-couple-of-articles-on-the-arcticlink-iii-vx/) - A couple of nice write ups from the press on our ArcticLink III VX release. Contributed Articles (I have to say, the author of these articles may make good points, but his face is really too familiar for my tastes...) EE Times http://www.eetimes.com/design/programmable-logic/4231155/Display-interface-and-power-saving-challenges--The-system-designer-perspective?Ecosystem=programmable-logic Mobile Development and Design http://mobiledevdesign.com/tutorials/use-bridging-prevent-processor-display-mismatches-1211/ Editorials Electronic Engineering Journal http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20111206-quicklogic/ Electronics Weekly - [Introducing the ArcticLink III VX...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/12/06/introducing-the-arcticlink-iii-vx/) - For those who haven't seen today's release, we did in announce (a couple of days ahead of expectations) QuickLogic's newest product family, the ArcticLink III VX, featuring VEE HD+ and DPO HD+ in interface bridging, interface pass-through, and interface duplication and bridging options. This product family targets smartphones, tablets, and embedded pico projector applications. In - [FPD Technology and Application Forum](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/11/28/fpd-technology-and-application-forum/) - Yes, I’ll be there…let the speculation begin - [SRA Conference and Presentation](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/11/14/sra-conference-and-presentation/) - As we mentioned in a press release a few days ago, my CEO and CFO will be presenting at the 7th Annual Fall Stock Growth Conference, hosted by Security Research Associates, tomorrow (Tuesday 15 November). For those not able to attend, the presentation will be loaded onto QuickLogic.com before the close of business. You'll be - [For Those Who Have Yet to Handle a Pantech Phone...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/11/07/for-those-who-have-yet-to-handle-a-pantech-phone/) - Our web Jedi/graphics guru Kazu has published a new video blog talking about the Smart Eco radio button on the Pantech tablet phone, showing how VEE and DPO can be implemented. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9W0E4qBUbw&hd=1 Continued apologies for the narrator. - [A Few Random Items](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/11/02/a-few-random-items/) - Happy (belated) Halloween from QuickLogic. As you recover from the hoards of freeloading kids in search of sugary goodness, a few random items and thoughts for today: (1) So…battery life is important to users? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/iphoneios-5-battery-saver-tips/15712 http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1738691 http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/tech/mobile/iphone-4s-problems/index.html http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19234280 (2) CES We’ve been asked, and yes, we will be at CES this year. More information will - [On Kyocera](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/10/27/on-kyocera/) - So, the news is out of our next smartphone, the Kyocera DIGNO. We are extremely excited about working with Kyocera, and having seen this phone during the development and integration process, I definitely would recommend it for any of our Japanese readers. The screen is gorgeous – the OLED ‘Luminous Display’ is a thing of - [One for the Archives...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/10/10/some-old-news/) - A link to the latest presentation at Digitimes Technical Forum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSRFGwclB0&feature=channel_video_title - [Increasing Connectivity Through Alternative Interfaces](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/10/05/increasing-connectivity-through-alternative-interfaces/) - For my first blog, I wanted to follow up on today's press release by delving a little more into what exactly our SDIO-EBI2 solution does for customers. The primary benefit is connectivity efficiency. In most instances, the modem chip set ‘talks’ with the applications processor through USB…and that solution works OK. But it can be - [What Does Effective Lumens Look Like?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/09/30/what-does-effective-lumens-look-like/) - A quick word or two with a much more impactful image. People have asked me to show some sort of visual evidence of what VEE can do for pico projectors. Below are two images I took of pico-projected content, the left one with VEE turned off and the right with VEE turned on. For those - [...And We're Back](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/09/27/and-were-back/) - Thanks for visiting us here at QuickLogic's HotSpots…today’s subject is a few more of the frequently asked questions we regularly get on VEE and DPO technology. Q: How does VEE work with curved cover glass displays? A: Obviously curved cover glass is a potential trend in mobile phones, with it being used two recent Google - [Still here...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/09/22/still-here/) - Sorry for the lack of posting lately. Its been a hectic end-of-summer, early fall for us at QuickLogic, and unfortunately blogging temporarily fell by the wayside. I promise we'll be back up to our normal cadence very soon, including more information on the CX, solutions for pico projectors, and of course, the next generation of - [Ask the CEO Late Summer 2011, Questions Answered](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/08/30/ask-the-ceo-late-summer-2011-questions-answered/) - Hello everyone, and thanks for the submissions. Onto the answers... 1) Recently there has been some discussion about China’s own mobile devices that will be at lower price points and the idea is there may be a significant ramp in devices sold. Soon it will be a year since QUIK’s item related to China…http://shop.quicklogic.com/quicklogic-expands-presence-in-asia-to-meet-increasing-demand-for-cssps/ Can - [Mobile Video on Smartphones](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/08/24/mobile-video-on-smartphones/) - A quick link today here at QuickLogic Hotspots: http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2011/08/whos-watching-video-on-their-mobile/ One thing about the study I find very interesting the demographics. Mobile video is something that is relatively new to most people in the US (where the study is focused). Normally, for a new, tech-based application, most would assume that the younger generation become the early - [Friendly reminder about the Ask the CEO chance...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/08/22/friendly-reminder-about-the-ask-the-ceo-chance/) - Please see below for your opportunity to 'Ask the CEO'! - [Ask the CEO, Late Summer Edition](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/08/12/ask-the-ceo-late-summer-edition/) - Hello, It's that time again...here's your quarterly chance to ask questions directly of Andy Pease. Questions will be accepted up until Wednesday, August 24th, with a blog to follow afterwards addressing as many of those questions as we can. A note: we tend to receive a lot of questions during these sessions that ask specific - [Digitimes Technical Forum Presentation](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/08/05/digitimes-technical-forum-presentation/) - Hello readers, As the release on our website says, I'll be presenting next week at the DigiTimes Technical Forum in Taipei. I'll be talking VEE and DPO, in particularly around how VEE and DPO solves the system designer's issue with balancing viewability and power savings. There will also be a bit more on DPO 2.0 - [As Promised...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/08/01/as-promised/) - As I alluded to at the end of my last blog, today we announced our DPO 2.0 technology; I wasn't kidding when I said 'VERY' soon. So, rather than waste a bunch of space with my often over-loquacious prose, I’ll go right to a FAQ-style blog… Q: What makes DPO 2.0 different from DPO 1.0? - [The Curtain Lifts...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/07/26/the-curtain-lifts/) - QuickLogic today announced that the good folks at Pantech are the first OEM to bring VEE and DPO to a smartphone in their ‘Tablet Phone’ (AKA Vega 5) product. As you might expect, we have had access to the phone during the development process, and I have to commend Pantech on the end product. Although - [What Does Android 3.0 Support Do for QuickLogic?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/07/19/what-does-android-3-0-support-do-for-quicklogic/) - As always, thanks for visiting us at QuickLogic HotSpots. The steadily growing traffic we see is very encouraging, and we hope you find this useful. Now onto business... Following up today's press release on Android 3.0 support... The jump from Android 2.3 (or 2.2, as my phone stubbornly refuses to relinquish--here's looking at you, AT&T!) - [How the CX Enhances Our Capabilities in Datacards](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/07/15/how-the-cx-enhances-our-capabilities-in-datacards/) - We've posted another video blog on our YouTube channel, starring yours truly (we're looking for volunteers, I promise!), discussing how our new ArcticLink II CX enhances QuickLogic's capabilities in the data card market. The video provides the viewer: a brief review of the CX an explanation of the function(s) QuickLogic's PolarPro II CSSPs have performed - [Smartphone Battery Life: A Consumer POV](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/07/13/smartphone-battery-life-a-consumer-pov/) - Some interesting statistics on smartphone battery life: JD Power’s survey says only 8% of smartphone users are satisfied with their battery life: https://rohansood.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/iphone-takes-top-spot-in-us-smartphone-satisfaction-stats/ Only 6.6% of Japanese smartphone users are completely satisfied with their phone battery life, with more than 65% dissatisfied: http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/02/15/battery-dissatisfaction-high-amongst-smartphone-users/ 80% of Nokia customers in China dissatisfied with battery life of their - [A Couple of New Video Blogs on our YouTube channel...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/06/29/a-couple-of-new-video-blogs-on-our-youtube-channel/) - We've posted a couple of new video blogs supporting today's ArcticLink II CX CSSP press release. You can view them on our YouTube video channel, or by clicking directly on the links below: http://www.youtube.com/user/QuickLogicCorp#p/u/1/XidbHBgNAok http://www.youtube.com/user/QuickLogicCorp#p/u/0/-Iyubq5JEhw We are expecting to update our channel continually with information on the CX, VX, and other QuickLogic-related CSSP items. While - [A New QuickLogic-Authored Article](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/06/28/a-new-quicklogic-authored-article/) - From Communications Components Magazine's (Taiwan) special June issue on mobile phone components, I bring you "QuickLogic’s Visual Enhancement and Display Power Savings CSSP Chips Integrated into a Mobile Device". A link to the original simplified-Chinese text is up at http://shop.quicklogic.com/in-the-news/, or you can access the file directly at http://shop.quicklogic.com/assets/press/CCM-Article.pdf While this article is perhaps more - [How to Mute CNBC and Play a Movie at the Same Time...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/06/23/how-to-mute-cnbc-and-play-a-movie-at-the-same-time/) - Brian, one of our frequent readers and commentors here on QuickLogic's HotSpots inquired on my last blog with the question below: The RGB-split accepts one incoming signal and splits the signal between to two displays (i.e. one image spread over two displays). Down the road do you envision an RGB-split capability (or a market need) - [The RGB-split Competitive Landscape](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/06/21/the-rgb-split-competitive-landscape/) - Building on today’s "RGB-split for Foldable Tablets and Smartphones" press release, I wanted to spend a bit of time talking about current competitive approaches to splitting display signals. First, a bit more on RGB-split. What is does: it accepts a single incoming MDDI or RGB display signal (from the applications processor/CPU) and splits it to - [QuickLogic's Presentation from Digitimes Technical Forum](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/06/17/quicklogics-presentation-from-digitimes-technical-forum/) - You can view QuickLogic's presentation from the Digitimes Technical Forum at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgbgqh3rBYo - [Adding Silicon to Reduce Power?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/06/08/adding-silicon-to-reduce-power/) - During Uplinq last week, visitors to our booth were, among other things, given demonstrations of VEE and DPO. One of the curious things that kept occurring was people trying to understand how we can reduce power with silicon. I suppose for most techies, “adding silicon to reduce power” is in the vein of “jumbo shrimp” - [Ask the CEO, Summer 2011 Edition](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/06/07/ask-the-ceo-summer-2011-edition/) - I would like to thank everyone who submitted their questions and for reading about us here at QuickLogic HotSpots. On to the questions... Q: Was QuickLogic late to get into the mobile picture? A: I think the answer depends on how you define ‘mobile picture’. Certainly, our introduction in 2007 of the CSSP model and - [Uplinq 2011](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/05/31/uplinq-2011/) - For those headed to UPLINQ 2011 this week, we hope you'll stop by our booth during the Mobile Innovations Showcase at Qualcomm's annual conference. We'll be showing VEE and VEE-related solutions all day Wednesday and Thursday. Details on UPLINQ can be found at http://www.qualcomm.com - [Ask the CEO, 2nd Quarter 2011 Edition](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/05/24/ask-the-ceo-2nd-quarter-2011-edition/) - As our first "Ask The CEO" session was quite successful, we are going to continue the process on a quarterly basis. From now until June 3rd, you can submit a question to our CEO, Andy Pease, using the form below. Soon after, Andy will publish a blog right here at http://quicklogic.wpengine.com, answering a number of - [New QuickLogic Interview from Electronic Design](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/05/17/new-quicklogic-interview-from-electronic-design/) - Here's a link to recent interview I did with Electronic Design http://electronicdesign.com/article/digital/Improving-Display-Quality-and-Efficiency.aspx Questions and comments always welcomed - [I want an Ice Cream Sandwich](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/05/13/i-want-an-ice-cream-sandwich/) - The big news spreading around the techie blogosphere this week is Google announcement of Android 3.1, dubbed ‘Ice Cream Sandwich.’ While undoubtedly an expected boom for local purveyor of all things cold and yummy IT’S IT, the main benefit of Ice Cream Sandwich is that it promises to combine mobile phone and tablet OS architectures. - [Why the Kindle Can be Read in Sunlight](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/05/09/why-the-kindle-can-be-read-in-sunlight/) - A few customers/investors have asked me lately why the Kindle is so readable in sunlight, and how this affects the positioning of VEE and DPO. So, while this is likely more of a review for most, please bear with me… The Kindle uses a monochrome display technology called e-ink. E-ink displays are aptly-named; like normal - ["A New Way to Intranet"](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/05/08/a-new-way-to-intranet/) - On a complete side note...I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be the featured speaker at “A New Way to Intranet”, the latest webinar from BroadVision Clearvale on May 18, 2011 from 11 AM -12 noon. This session will highlight the benefits of enterprise social networks (ESNs). What I’ll be speaking on: --What is enterprise social - [In the Age of Standardization, How Can a Tablet Be Different?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/04/29/in-the-age-of-standardization-how-can-a-tablet-be-different/) - In Goldman Sachs’ recent market release “The disruptive nature of tablet computing: A comprehensive analysis of the winners and losers in global TMT and Retail” (April 18, 2011), they very rightly point out the lack of differentiation amongst non-iPad tablets. Specifically, they claim “We see very little differentiation between the hardware specifications of non-Apple - [Don't Miss CTO Tim Saxe](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/04/18/dont-miss-cto-tim-saxe/) - Greetings. If you are located near San Jose, I would encourage you to join myself and QuickLogic's CTO, Tim Saxe, at the inaugural Linley Tech Mobile Conference on Wednesday, April 20th. Tim’s going to be speaking about “Optimizing Battery Life and Sideloading Performance with USB Tunneling.” I’ve seen the presentation, and it’s full of extremely - [Why Are DPO’s Power Savings Variable by System Design?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/04/01/why-are-dpos-power-savings-variable-by-system-design/) - One question I frequently get from potential customers is why QuickLogic’s DPO CSSP-based technology ‘will extend your battery life an average of 20-25%’, rather than ‘will extend your battery life 25%’. The difference, of course, is that we state an average savings rather than define a specific savings. There are a few reasons for this, - [Display Size and Smartphone Sales: A Continuing Trend?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/03/30/display-size-and-smartphone-sales-a-continuing-trend/) - It’s readily apparent to anyone that follows the smartphone market that display size has become a key selling factor. To demonstrate this, I randomly looked at a few websites and printed advertisements from both carriers and device OEM’s, and sure enough the first specification I saw (after OS) was the aforementioned display size. A larger - [On Pico Projectors, and Why VEE Can Really Make a Difference](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/03/21/on-pico-projectors-and-why-vee-can-really-make-a-difference/) - To elaborate on our Pico Projector press release of last week… The value proposition that VEE brings to smartphone and tablet displays is the same as in pico projectors: increase viewability. As with on-board displays, VEE optimizes the viewing experience for viewing conditions: that is, source data and ambient light viewing conditions are examined in - [Ask the CEO, Questions Answered](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/03/17/ask-the-ceo-questions-answered/) - Hello, and welcome to the first of hopefully many ‘Ask the CEO’ sessions here on QuickLogic’s HotSpots Blog. I appreciate the time that our readers took to send in questions, and hope that you find this exercise worthwhile. Now, to the questions: Q: How do we know VEE/DPO is used in a Phone/Tablet? Is there - [On Recent Events in Japan](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/03/16/on-recent-events-in-japan/) - QuickLogic offers our thoughts and prayers to the people of Japan. While we are extremely happy that all of QuickLogic’s Japanese staff and their families are safe and accounted for, our hearts are with those who lost loves ones, and those who still can’t locate those close to them. We are encouraging donations internally to - [Ask The CEO...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/02/28/ask-the-ceo/) - Greetings! For as much as social media sites like Facebook and Twitter can cause hours to somehow disappear from your day, they have their purposes (aside from passing time). One especially good thing that comes from social media is the ability to communicate directly with people you ordinarily couldn't reach. Its very common today for - [We've Joined Twitter](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/02/25/weve-joined-twitter/) - We have started using Twitter to give our customers and investors an easier way to stay updated with us. We’ll tweet when we have new blog posts and press release announcements. Since our tweets are automatically generated by a “bot,” you will not get responses from us directly/immediately on our Twitter page. If you have - [The Future of Mobile – Observations from Mobile World Congress](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/02/22/the-future-of-mobile-observations-from-mobile-world-congress/) - Once a year, tens of thousands in the mobile industry descend upon the charming city of Barcelona, Spain. Not for the paella on Las Ramblas, nor to see the psychedelic architecture of the famous artist Gaudi, nor to escape our colder climates for the temperate shores of the Mediterranean. No - we head to Barcelona - [So, Really...What is a CSSP?](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/02/17/so-really-what-is-a-cssp/) - Starting off, CSSP equals Customer Specific Standard Product. QuickLogic introduced the CSSP concept to the market back in 2007, and our efforts are paying off, as shown by the growth of this technology (we reported a 93% increase in new product sales in our last earning call). But what exactly is a CSSP, and what - [Honeycomb Cometh...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/02/09/honeycomb-cometh/) - Google’s demonstration last week of its Android 3.0 OS (Honeycomb, for those ‘in the know’) has been widely hailed as the first real shot across the massive battleship that is iPad/iOS. Naval references aside, the combination of support for larger display sizes along with graphics and interfaces designed specifically for those larger displays is exactly - [On NDA’s and the Need for Corporate Confidentiality](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/01/31/on-ndas-and-the-need-for-corporate-confidentiality/) - The last 30 days for QuickLogic have been quite interesting; primarily so due to the fact that we announced our first VEE production shipments. We (OK, more accurately I did, here on this blog) also made mention of showing this at CES this year. Since then, we’ve gotten a number of questions regarding this tablet, - [QuickLogic's MDDO](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/01/26/quicklogics-mddo/) - Greetings! The latest QuickLogic press release detailing our new MDDO (Mobile Device Display Optimizer) software for Android just crossed the wire. I wanted to take a couple of seconds to explain what MDDO does in a little more detail. A bit of background: the Android mobile OS communicates with on-board devices (Bluetooth, displays, cameras, etc...) in standard - [This Just In, From CES](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/01/08/this-just-in-from-ces/) - CES 2011 for QuickLogic has been extremely successful so far, and we're not done yet. VEE and DPO continue to be a very compelling story, and the new ArcticLink II CX CSSP platform is driving a ton of interest in the applications of QuickLogic's side loading and secure data management technologies. And yes...we are showing the - [As CES Approaches...](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2011/01/03/as-ces-approaches/) - For most, the new year brings promises of (rarely-kept) resolutions and hangovers. For us folks in the consumer electronics industry, it means we need to start packing our bags for the annual trek to Las Vegas for the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. This year being no exception, the usual gang from QuickLogic will be at - [Android Auto-Brightness: How to Improve this Typically Poorly Implemented, But Important Feature](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2010/12/20/android-auto-brightness-how-to-improve-this-typically-poorly-implemented-but-important-feature/) - Recently, a very good article by Dr. Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies caught our attention. Being in the display optimization business with our VEE technology in QuickLogic CSSPs, we investigated the claims of Dr. Soneira, and fully agree with him. To further the point, QuickLogic has recently released an NDA-only white paper on the Auto Brightness algorithm in the - [Happy Holidays!](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2010/12/16/happy-holidays/) - 14 years ago, my neighbor and I found out we have a mutual interest besides playing golf - both of us really enjoy seeing great Christmas Light Displays. While each of us did our own thing up until that point, in 1996 we decided we had the ideal set-up to join forces and combine our - [We're Not the Only Ones](https://shop.quicklogic.com/2010/12/14/were-not-the-only-ones/) - QuickLogic continues to evangelize our VEE technology for display restoration and enhancement, particularly in less-than-optimum viewing conditions like direct sunlight. Followers of QuickLogic, readers of quicklogic.com, and listeners of our investor calls can all attest to this. 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