SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- QuickLogic
Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), a developer of ultra-low power
multi-core voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, display bridge and
programmable logic solutions, today announced that it has joined
the RISC-V Foundation. RISC-V (pronounced "risk-five") is an
open, free, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that enables a new
era of processor innovation through open standard
collaboration.
Joining the RISC-V Foundation is particularly significant for
QuickLogic as there is strong synergy between the company's
embedded FPGA (eFPGA) initiative, its membership in the
GLOBALFOUNDRIES FDXcelerator™ Partner Program to facilitate 22FDX®
system-on-chip (SoC) design, and the RISC-V effort. Now,
eFPGA customers using the 22FDX technology will be able to
seamlessly integrate FPGA and open-source processor technology on
the same SoC.
The RISC-V Foundation, a non-profit corporation controlled by
its members, directs the future development and drives the adoption
of the RISC-V ISA. Founded in 2015, the Foundation has more
than 100 members representing both hardware and software innovators
focused on building an open and collaborative community to deliver
a free and extensible processor architecture and its associated
ecosystem.
"QuickLogic's embedded FPGA technology is an excellent fit
within the RISC-V ecosystem," said Rick
O'Connor, executive director at the RISC-V Foundation, "and
meshes well with the concept of open architecture processor
hardware and software."
"The RISC-V initiative is an exciting effort to drive technical
progress through the broad adoption of an open-source architecture
and ecosystem," said Brian Faith,
QuickLogic's president and CEO. "We believe that this
approach, originally advocated by UC Berkeley's Computer Science
Division of the EECS Department, is an excellent way to make
development efforts more efficient across a broad range of
companies, and thus accelerate the pace of innovation for the
entire industry."
About QuickLogic
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK)
enables OEMs to maximize battery life for highly differentiated,
immersive user experiences with Smartphone, Wearable and IoT
devices. QuickLogic delivers these benefits through industry
leading ultra-low power customer programmable SoC semiconductor
solutions, embedded software, and algorithms for always-on voice
and sensor processing. The company's embedded FPGA initiative also
enables SoC designers to easily implement post production changes,
and increase revenue by providing hardware programmability to their
end customers. For more information about QuickLogic, visit
www.quicklogic.com.
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