SUNNYVALE, California (US) – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs) leader, today announced the signing of an agreement with the Munich, Germany-based Data Display GmbH to bring the company’s unique Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) and Display Power Optimizer (DPO) technologies to the Industrial and Digital Signage markets.

Data Display (http://www.datadisplay.de/) is the leading technology-driven supplier of TFT-solutions for the industrial and digital signage markets. Data Display will continue to act as a full service resource for its customers, supplying design services and sophisticated end user-products. Display Group will also begin maintaining an inventory of QuickLogic’s ArticLink II VEE-enabled CSSPs for the industrial and digital signage markets. The initial focus of the partnership will be the European and North America markets, with expansion plans targeting Asian markets.

“We are excited to be working with Data Display. This agreement is a great opportunity for them to further extend their reach in the industrial and digital signage markets. At the same time, consumers will benefit immensely by the enhanced visual quality and power savings that are brought about by VEE and DPO,” said Brian Faith, QuickLogic’s Vice President of Worldwide Marketing.

Industrial and digital signage covers a variety of applications and uses, from information kiosks used in airports and hospitals, to signage used outside facilities such as casinos and shopping centers. According to iSuppli, shipments of industrial and digital signage will increase 25% in 2010 to almost 2 million new systems, with forecasted growth of 40% annually from 2011 to 2013. However, digital signage almost always represents additional electrical consumption at the point of install. Accordingly, manufactures and users of digital signage are continually looking for ways to “Go Green” without impacting the effectiveness of their message.

QuickLogic’s VEE technology greatly enhances the viewability of displays under challenging viewing conditions such as bright ambient light while dynamically optimizing video characteristics on a pixel-by-pixel basis to provide a natural viewing experience to the user. Used in conjunction with VEE, QuickLogic’s recently announced DPO technology enables developers to significantly reduce energy consumption by lowering display backlight or power intensity without compromising the viewing experience.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is the inventor and pioneer of innovative, customizable semiconductor solutions for mobile and portable electronics OEMs and ODMs. These silicon plus software solutions are called Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs). CSSPs enable our customers to bring their products to market more quickly and remain in the market longer, with the low power, cost and size demanded by the mobile and portable electronics market. For more information about QuickLogic and CSSPs, visit http://www.quicklogic.com.

About Apollo

Apollo is a subsidiary of the worldwide operating Data Display Group and specialist for TFT flat screen and -system solutions for industrial, medical as well as multimedia and digital signage applications. We supply innovative Green IT solutions based on our hardware platforms and our own software to control the TFTs of our partners Samsung, Chimei Innolux, Optrex and as well as selected panels from other manufacturers. These system solutions – from assemblies and kits up to finished OEM products – are developed in our R&D centres in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Germering and  Istanbul/Turkey. More information can be found on the homepage:http://www.apollodisplays.com/.

SUNNYVALE, California (US) – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs) leader, today announced the signing of an agreement with the Munich, Germany-based Data Display GmbH to bring the company’s unique Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) and Display Power Optimizer (DPO) technologies to the Industrial and Digital Signage markets.

Data Display (http://www.datadisplay.de/) is the leading technology-driven supplier of TFT-solutions for the industrial and digital signage markets. Data Display will continue to act as a full service resource for its customers, supplying design services and sophisticated end user-products. Display Group will also begin maintaining an inventory of QuickLogic’s ArticLink II VEE-enabled CSSPs for the industrial and digital signage markets. The initial focus of the partnership will be the European and North America markets, with expansion plans targeting Asian markets.

“We are excited to be working with Data Display. This agreement is a great opportunity for them to further extend their reach in the industrial and digital signage markets. At the same time, consumers will benefit immensely by the enhanced visual quality and power savings that are brought about by VEE and DPO,” said Brian Faith, QuickLogic’s Vice President of Worldwide Marketing.

Industrial and digital signage covers a variety of applications and uses, from information kiosks used in airports and hospitals, to signage used outside facilities such as casinos and shopping centers. According to iSuppli, shipments of industrial and digital signage will increase 25% in 2010 to almost 2 million new systems, with forecasted growth of 40% annually from 2011 to 2013. However, digital signage almost always represents additional electrical consumption at the point of install. Accordingly, manufactures and users of digital signage are continually looking for ways to “Go Green” without impacting the effectiveness of their message.

QuickLogic’s VEE technology greatly enhances the viewability of displays under challenging viewing conditions such as bright ambient light while dynamically optimizing video characteristics on a pixel-by-pixel basis to provide a natural viewing experience to the user. Used in conjunction with VEE, QuickLogic’s recently announced DPO technology enables developers to significantly reduce energy consumption by lowering display backlight or power intensity without compromising the viewing experience.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is the inventor and pioneer of innovative, customizable semiconductor solutions for mobile and portable electronics OEMs and ODMs. These silicon plus software solutions are called Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs). CSSPs enable our customers to bring their products to market more quickly and remain in the market longer, with the low power, cost and size demanded by the mobile and portable electronics market. For more information about QuickLogic and CSSPs, visit http://www.quicklogic.com.

About Apollo

Apollo is a subsidiary of the worldwide operating Data Display Group and specialist for TFT flat screen and -system solutions for industrial, medical as well as multimedia and digital signage applications. We supply innovative Green IT solutions based on our hardware platforms and our own software to control the TFTs of our partners Samsung, Chimei Innolux, Optrex and as well as selected panels from other manufacturers. These system solutions – from assemblies and kits up to finished OEM products – are developed in our R&D centres in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Germering and  Istanbul/Turkey. More information can be found on the homepage: http://www.apollodisplays.com/.

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17, 2010 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that TSMC has qualified Magma’s Titan™ mixed-signal platform to support the interoperability and accuracy requirements of the TSMC 40-nanometer (nm) Interoperable Process Design Kit (iPDK). Titan was qualified to support the TSMC 65-nm iPDK in 2009. iPDKs eliminate the need to develop and use multiple proprietary PDKs and design databases, enabling full reuse of design data. The combination of Titan’s advanced capabilities and the accurate process models and process data provided in the iPDK provides designers with the fastest path to 65- and 40-nm mixed-signal silicon. 

In addition to Titan support for 65-nm and 40-nm iPDKs, a number of key Magma products were previously qualified to support TSMC’s interoperable electronic design automation (EDA) technology files. Quartz™ RC is qualified for the 65-, 45- and 40-nm interoperable interconnect extraction (iRCX) format, QuickCap™ NX is qualified for TSMC’s 40-nm iRCX, and Quartz LVS is qualified for TSMC’s 40-nm interoperable layout-versus-schematic (iLVS) formats. 

“The unmatched level of collaboration between TSMC and EDA vendors demonstrates mutual commitment to helping customers achieve first-time silicon success,” said Tom Quan, deputy director of design service marketing at TSMC. “Magma has played an important role in validating interoperability and the quality of the iPDKs and we’re pleased to certify that Titan meets TSMC’s iPDK quality standards.” 

“Mixed-signal system-on-chip (SoC) designs allow designers to incorporate significantly more functionality onto a single chip, but are much more difficult to implement than a strictly digital or analog chip,” said Anirudh Devgan, general manager of Magma’s Custom Design Business Unit. “By working together to validate the iPDK with Titan, Magma and TSMC make it much easier for designers to adopt best-in-class tools and to accelerate the mixed-signal SoC design flow without any loss of accuracy or performance.” 

Titan: Fastest Path to Mixed-Signal Silicon

Titan is the first truly unified, open platform that enables integration of digital standard-cell design with analog circuit design. Titan natively supports OpenAccess API and emerging industry standards such as the iPDK. The Titan platform offers schematic and layout editors with the full set of features required for full-custom design. 

Titan ADX, an integral part of Magma’s Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform, focuses on solving analog/mixed-signal design, optimization and porting challenges. Its new, model-based approach allows circuit optimization and porting in a fraction of the time required by traditional simulation-based techniques. Titan ADX takes the guesswork out of analog design, while reducing power and area up to 50 percent. ADX technology enables product groups to push the design envelope for extreme performance, to center the design for multiple process, voltage and temperature (PVT) corner cases, and to reduce power and jitter. 

Titan Layout Editor provides fast access and edit times, and the ability to view and modify the digital placed-and-routed data. Coupled with a fast, shape-based, analog-aware router, Titan Layout Editor gives designers options that range from full custom to full automation to meet specific circuit requirements. These features make Titan an ideal environment for full-custom design as well as chip-level planning, assembly and finishing. 

Availability

Starting with the April 2010 release, Magma’s Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform fully supports the TSMC 40-nm and 65-nm iPDKs.  

About Magma

Magma’s electronic design automation (EDA) software provides the “Fastest Path to Silicon” and enables the world’s top chip companies to create high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, digital video, networking and other electronic applications. Magma products are used in IC implementation, analog/mixed-signal design, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization. The company maintains headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and offices throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Magma’s stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Follow Magma on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/MagmaEDA and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/Magma. Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.