Exhibit 99.1

		Contacts:		Ralph S. Marimon Vice President of Finance Chief Financial Officer (408) 990-4000 rsmarimon@quicklogic.com		Andrea Vedanayagam Director, Corporate Communications (408) 990-4000 andrea@quicklogic.com

QuickLogic Corporation Announces $6.24 Million

Registered Direct Offering

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — November 17, 2009 — QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power programmable semiconductor solutions leader, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with a select group of institutional investors to sell an aggregate of 4,305,929 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,229,446 shares of common stock in a registered direct offering. The common stock and warrants will be sold in units (the “Units”), with each Unit consisting of (i) one share of common stock and (ii) a warrant to purchase 0.75 of a share of common stock, at a negotiated purchase price of $1.45 per Unit. The Company expects to receive gross proceeds from the offering of approximately $6.24 million, before deducting placement agent’s fees and estimated offering expenses. The Company’s costs in connection with the offering are expected to be approximately $0.7 million. The Warrants are exercisable any time after the six month anniversary of the date of issuance until the 66 month anniversary of the date of issuance, and will be exercisable at a price of $2.15 per share.

The transaction is expected to close on or about November 20, 2009, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Units pursuant to this offering for general corporate purposes, including without limitation, sales and marketing activities, research and development, capital expenditures and working capital.

All of the shares of common stock, the warrants to purchase shares of common stock and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are being offered by QuickLogic Corporation pursuant to a shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 2, 2009, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Needham & Company, LLC served as the exclusive placement agent for the offering. The Units may only be offered by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus can be obtained at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by writing or calling the Company at 1277 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089-1138, Attention: Ralph Marimon, Chief Financial Officer, (408) 990-4000.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in this offering. There shall not be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offering, sale or solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is the inventor and pioneer of innovative customizable semiconductor solutions for mobile and portable electronics original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (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. Code: QUIK-G

QuickLogic is a registered trademark and the QuickLogic logo is a trademark of QuickLogic Corporation.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

Statements made in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding, but not limited to, the proceeds the Company expects to receive from the offering, the closing of the offering and the use of the net proceeds from the offering. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “plan,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate, and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.