In the world of defense acquisition, flexibility is often viewed with some skepticism. While the strategic value of updating an algorithm in theater without a hardware re-spin is undeniable, defense programs are built on the bedrock of assurance, predictability, and configuration control. When a program office asks, “Can we control the bitstream and toolchain over […]
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This blog reframes the “flexibility vs. cost” debate in modern SoC design, positioning eFPGA not as a luxury feature, but as a critical financial hedge against the rising costs of advanced silicon nodes. In the world of commercial silicon, flexibility is often treated like a high-end trim package on a luxury car: nice to have, but it […]
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Summary: As chip architecture evolves toward heterogeneous SoCs and chiplets, engineers face a growing challenge: balancing flexibility with efficiency. Traditional FPGAs remain essential for rapid prototyping and field reconfigurability, but embedded FPGAs (eFPGAs) are increasingly becoming a smart choice for adding flexibility to ASIC and SoC devices. This article breaks down the key differences between […]
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First-Pass Success with QuickLogic eFPGA Hard IP on TSMC e12n At QuickLogic, we pride ourselves on helping customers solve their toughest design challenges with flexible, efficient, and silicon-proven eFPGA Hard IP. Recently, one of our customers announced its achievement of a major milestone that illustrates some of the benefits of implementing QuickLogic eFPGA Hard IP […]
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2025 marked a strong year of execution for QuickLogic, driven by customer wins across both its eFPGA Hard IP and device businesses, expansion into new end markets, and continued progress at advanced process nodes. Alongside growing adoption of eFPGA IP in defense, data center, edge, and space applications, the company made progress in the execution […]
Read More… from 2025 Year in Review: Design Wins, Advanced Nodes, and Expanding Markets
Data converters are the gateways that connect the real (analog) world to the digital world. They are available as discrete devices, integrated into microcontrollers and FPGAs as well as licensable intellectual property (IP) in nearly all popular foundry process nodes. With the explosion of AI processing at the edge and the rising cost of […]
As we’ve moved into 2025, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the past year and I am incredibly proud of the remarkable achievements and significant growth we experienced at QuickLogic in 2024. Last year, we solidified our position as a leader in innovative embedded FPGA (eFPGA) technology and expanded our reach across multiple sectors, […]
Read More… from A Look Back at a Year of Milestones and Momentum
On September 8th of this year, we announced the release of our new Australis™ eFPGA IP Generator tool, touting its ability to quickly generate custom eFPGA IP, optimized for power, performance and area, for nearly any foundry/process node combination. Now, a short seven weeks later, we are announcing the first customer success story in which […]
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Several Key Challenges Facing Our Industry We are at a unique inflection point in the semiconductor industry. On one hand, the physical manifestation of Moore’s Law has given us devices with amazing capabilities. On the other hand, as an industry we are struggling to continue down that path as power consumption, density and other physical […]
Read More… from Our Australis Announcement Heralds the New Era of “Mass Customization”
Earlier today, we announced that QuickLogic has joined the Open Source FPGA (OSFPGA) Foundation as a Founding and Premier Member. The mission of this new foundation is to expand the market for, and accelerate the adoption of programmable logic, by uniting the efforts of companies, universities, and individuals worldwide. The foundation will also provide a […]
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