QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power programmable logic leader, announced that Takao Yamashita has been named Japan Country Manager of QuickLogic K.K. 

“Because Japan is one of the most strategically important markets for QuickLogic, we have determined that the candidate for Japan Country Manager should have profound knowledge and broad expertise in our targeted market and application segments,” said Jeff Sexton, Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing at QuickLogic. “We are pleased to have hired Mr. Takao Yamashita, and we are very confident that his outstanding track record of establishing several Japanese subsidiaries, including Lattice Semiconductor, will certainly contribute to further growth and expansion of our businesses in this very important geography.” 

“It is a great honor to have been appointed Japan Country Manager of QuickLogic, which enjoys a high reputation as a pioneering company in the ultra-low power FPGA industry,” said Takao Yamashita, new Japan Country Manager, QuickLogic K.K. I have no doubt that QuickLogic products characterized by ultra-low power, bullet-proof security and high performance are ideal for the Japanese market, which is exhibiting an acute and widespread trend toward portability and convergence of various technologies. I am firmly committed to growing this very important market,” continued Mr. Yamashita.

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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