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 […]

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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? […]

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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 […]

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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!) […]

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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 […]

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QuickLogic’s 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.   […]

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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 […]

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