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To: Taylor Mill who wrote (167)10/21/2013 11:29:42 PM
From: brokenst0nes  Respond to of 351
 
Yes Samsung and Apple, and some others, have gone the microcontroller(MCU) route to save power, and yep QUIK is trying to get in on the game at a lower power level. I doubt INVN thought it was going to do the same bearing in mind that they only offer 2 out of about 7 or 8 sensors in a high-end smartphone.

My terse point re Qualcomm is that I doubt they are interested in the actual sensors, but more in processing all the sensor data and doing some smart algorithms, which is what others are looking to do partly, or even fully with a MCU, or on what QUIK have introduced.

However I'm sure in time Qualcomm would like to do some low power solution to bolster their SoCs, and replace the MCU. Just the way of the tech world.



To: Taylor Mill who wrote (167)11/9/2013 1:41:15 PM
From: GPS Info  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 351
 
The QUIK story is interesting.

I see that QuickLogic Corporation has a market capitalization of around $153M. In 2000 it had a price of $39.50 and has traded well under $6 for most of the last 10 years. From Google Finance, they haven’t had a positive net income going back to 2008. Their finances seem to be on a knife edge of solvency.

Do you foresee any design wins with Apple or Samsung in the near term?


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