QuickLogic® Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power programmable solutions leader, today announced that Hide L. Tanigami, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Marubun/Arrow USA, LLC and President and Chief Executive Officer of Marubun USA Corporation, has been named to QuickLogic’s board of directors.

“Hide is a prominent figure in the electronics industry and frequently guides semiconductor companies in doing business between Japan and the United States,” said E. Thomas Hart, QuickLogic’s Chairman, President and CEO. “We are looking forward to gaining the full benefit of his extensive industry knowledge and contacts as QuickLogic continues to expand into mobile markets such as smartphones, portable media players, portable navigation devices and data cards.”

Mr. Tanigami will serve as a Class III director and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with a term that expires on the date of QuickLogic’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2008.

Mr. Tanigami co-founded Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. and served as its Chairman and Vice President of Corporate Development prior to joining Marubun USA Corporation. In addition to QuickLogic and Marubun/Arrow USA, Mr. Tanigami serves on the board of directors of Ecrio Inc. Mr. Tanigami holds an M.A. degree in applied linguistics from San Francisco State University and a B.A. degree from Kansai University of Foreign Studies.

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 www.quicklogic.com.

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