8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  May 26, 2006

QuickLogic Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-22671	77-0188504
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1277 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA		94089-1138
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 990-4000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On May 26, 2006, QuickLogic Corporation (the “Registrant”) appointed Mr. Nicholas A. Aretakis to the Board of Directors of the Company.  The Registrant has not determined at this time whether Mr. Aretakis will serve on any committees of the Board of Directors.  There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Aretakis and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Aretakis was selected as a director. There are no transactions involving Mr. Aretakis that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Section 9   Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01(d) Exhibits.

99.1         Press release of QuickLogic Corporation dated May 31, 2006 announcing the appointment of Mr. Nicholas A. Aretakis to the Board of Directors of the Company (furnished, not filed).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 1, 2006	QuickLogic Corporation
	/s/ Carl M. Mills
	Carl M. Mills Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release of QuickLogic Corporation dated May 31, 2006 announcing the appointment of Mr. Nicholas A. Aretakis to the Board of Directors of the Company (furnished, not filed).

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contacts: Andrea Vedanayagam
Manager, Corp. Communications
(408)990-4000
andrea@quicklogic.com Carl M. Mills
Chief Financial Officer
(408) 990-4000
cmills@quicklogic.com

QUICKLOGIC WELCOMES NICHOLAS ARETAKIS

TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — May 31, 2006 — QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power programmable logic leader, today announced that Nicholas A. Aretakis, the Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc., has been named to QuickLogic’s Board of Directors.

 “Nicholas brings extensive semiconductor marketing and sales experience to our board of directors,” said Tom Hart, QuickLogic’s Chairman, President, and CEO.  “Coupled with his extensive contacts in Asia-Pacific and his considerable consumer, PC and telecom market expertise, we are confident his insights will yield significant contributions to our team.”  Mr. Aretakis’ selection to the QuickLogic Board of Directors brings the total number of directors to six, five of whom are independent.  Mr. Aretakis will serve as a Class I director, with a term of three years expiring on the date on which the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders is held in 2009.

With more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Aretakis is an executive with extensive international sales and business development experience. He has served markets spanning North America, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe. Before joining AnalogicTech, Aretakis served for more than three years in the Office of the President for GlobespanVirata, Inc., where he led an integrated sales, marketing, operations, and communications team for the $500M+, 700-person company. Aretakis was previously Vice President of Worldwide Sales for GlobeSpan, Inc., where he led the growth of revenues from $20 million to more than $350 million in only three years. Earlier in his career, Aretakis served as Vice President of Sales and Acting Vice

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President of Marketing at ESS Technology, Inc. and Director of Sales at SEEQ Technology, Inc. He began his semiconductor industry career serving as Marketing Manager for non-volatile memory products at Microchip Technology, Inc. Aretakis holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Hobart College (Cum Laude).

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is the leading provider of the lowest power programmable logic solutions for the portable consumer, industrial, communications and military markets.  Our latest products, PolarPro™, Eclipse™ II and QuickPCI™ are being used to implement bridge and control solutions in embedded systems requiring Wi-Fi and IDE-based hard disk drives.  QuickLogic’s proprietary ViaLink® technology offers significant benefits for programmable logic, including the lowest power, instant-on capability and bullet proof intellectual property security.  The company is located at 1277 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1138. For more information, please visit the QuickLogic web site at www.quicklogic.com.

The QuickLogic name and logo are registered trademarks of QuickLogic Corporation.  All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

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