QuickLogic
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QuickLogic Corporation is a manufacturer of Customer Specific Standard Products, or CSSP.
Until 2007 they were a supplier of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
based on antifuse
technology, making the devices one-time programmable. In 2007, QuickLogic exited active development in this business to focus on an ASSP-like product that they refer to as Customer Specific Standard Product or CSSP. This is currently the company's primary focus.
QuickLogic CSSP products can contain a number of different technologies, including VEE, DPO, USB, MIPI
, SPIDA, WAV, and others.
QuickLogic's major competitors are Altera
, Xilinx
, Lattice
, Actel
and SiliconBlue Technologies
.
Until 2007 they were a supplier of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
Field-programmable gate array
A field-programmable gate array is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by the customer or designer after manufacturing—hence "field-programmable"...
based on antifuse
Antifuse
An antifuse is an electrical device that performs the opposite function to a fuse. Whereas a fuse starts with a low resistance and is designed to permanently break an electrically conductive path , an antifuse starts with a high resistance and is designed to permanently create an electrically...
technology, making the devices one-time programmable. In 2007, QuickLogic exited active development in this business to focus on an ASSP-like product that they refer to as Customer Specific Standard Product or CSSP. This is currently the company's primary focus.
QuickLogic CSSP products can contain a number of different technologies, including VEE, DPO, USB, MIPI
Mobile Industry Processor Interface
The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance is an open membership organization that includes leading companies in the mobile industry that share the objective of defining and promoting open specifications for interfaces inside mobile terminals.Formed in July 2003 by Intel, Nokia, Samsung,...
, SPIDA, WAV, and others.
QuickLogic's major competitors are Altera
Altera
Altera Corporation is a Silicon Valley manufacturer of PLDs . The company offered its first programmable logic device in 1984. PLDs can be reprogrammed during the design cycle as well as in the field to perform multiple functions, and they support a fairly fast design process...
, Xilinx
Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. is a supplier of programmable logic devices. It is known for inventing the field programmable gate array and as the first semiconductor company with a fabless manufacturing model....
, Lattice
Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is a United States based manufacturer of high-performance programmable logic devices . Founded in 1983, the company employs about 700 people and has annual revenues of around $300 million, with Darin Billerbeck as the chief executive officer...
, Actel
Actel
Actel Corporation is a manufacturer of nonvolatile, low-power FPGAs, mixed-signal FPGAs, and programmable logic solutions...
and SiliconBlue Technologies
SiliconBlue Technologies
SiliconBlue Technologies Corporation is a United States based manufacturer of ultra-low power programmable logic devices that the company calls "mobile FPGAs." The products target mobile and hand-held electronics applications that require low power and small physical size..SiliconBlue iCEcube2...
.
External links
- QuickLogic official website
- QuickLogic on Google FinanceGoogle FinanceGoogle Finance is a website launched on March 21, 2006 by Google. The service features business and enterprise headlines for many corporations including their financial decisions and major news events. Stock information is available, as are Adobe Flash-based stock price charts which contain marks...