Recent Accomplishments
- Sensor Processing:
- Made material progress on EOS™ S3 design for a wearable product with a well-known app company.
- Entered the design in stage of the engagement process with a different large app company that is targeting EOS S3 for a new smart hearable device.
- Announced the availability of new sensor fusion software from developer CyweeMotion that supports the Android "Nougat" operating system for smartphones.
- Initiated top-tier voice-enabled IoT engagement for EOS S3.
- Embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Intellectual Property Licensing:
- Released Aurora eFPGA software tools, which complements previously released Borealis software tools. Aurora supports eFPGA design implementation from RTL through place and route.
- Taped-out the test chip with the previously disclosed unnamed top-tier foundry.
- Presented at the 2017 SMIC Advanced Technology Workshops in Shanghai, Santa Clara and Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- QuickLogic CTO Tim Saxe delivered the keynote address at the IoT Summit 2017 in Santa Clara, CA.
- Closed a $17 million public market equity raise in March.
"With the progress we've made so far this year, I remain optimistic that we will achieve our goal to grow revenue by more than 50% in 2017," stated Brian Faith, QuickLogic's president and CEO. "We have advanced and broadened our engagements with top-tier OEMs that are targeting our EOS S3 Sensor Processing Solution and with top-tier semiconductor companies evaluating our eFPGA IP. With our strengthened balance sheet, we have provided these top-tier OEMs with the assurance we are financially positioned to fund the working capital necessary to support our anticipated second half growth and accelerate our eFPGA IP roadmap to meet the demands of our potential customers."
Fiscal 2017 First Quarter Financial Results
Total revenue was $3.2 million, up 8% compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, and 7% compared to the first quarter of 2016. New product revenue was $1.9 million, up 20% compared to the fourth quarter of 2016 and 28% compared to the first quarter of 2016. Mature product revenue was $1.3 million, down 7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2016 and 14% compared to the first quarter of 2016. New product revenue accounted for 60% of the total revenue, compared to 54% in the fourth quarter of 2016 and 51% in the first quarter of 2016.
GAAP gross margin increased to 43.3%, up from 32.3% in the fourth quarter of 2016 and 39.2% in the first quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP gross margin increased to 44.4%, up from to 33.3% in the fourth quarter of 2016 and 40.5% in the first quarter of 2016. The improvements are primarily due to IP license revenue and a more favorable product mix. GAAP operating expenses increased slightly to $4.8 million, from $4.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2016 and down significantly $6.1 million in the first quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP operating expenses were $4.6 million, flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2016 and down from $5.6 million in the first quarter of 2016. The reduction from Q1 2016 reflects the cost savings from strategic realignment efforts. GAAP net loss improved to $3.6 million, or $0.05 per share, from $3.9 million, or $0.05 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2016 and $5.1 million, or $0.09 per share, in the first quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP net loss improved to $3.2 million, from $3.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2016 and $4.5 million in the first quarter of 2016. (See below for an explanation of non-GAAP financial measures.)
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
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Management uses the non-GAAP measures, which exclude gains, losses and other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company's core operating results, internally to evaluate its operating performance against results in prior periods and its operating plans and forecasts. In addition, the non-GAAP measures are used to plan for the Company's future periods, and serve as a basis for the allocation of the Company's resources, management of operations and the measurement of profit-dependent cash and equity compensation paid to employees and executive officers.
Investors should note, however, that the non-GAAP financial measures used by QuickLogic may not be the same non-GAAP financial measures, and may not be calculated in the same manner, as that of other companies. QuickLogic does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures alone or as a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of US GAAP financial measures to non-GAAP financial measures is included in the financial statements portion of this press release. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures with their most directly comparable US GAAP financial measures.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding our future business expectations, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of factors including: delays in the market acceptance of the Company's new products; the ability to convert design opportunities into customer revenue; our ability to replace revenue from end-of-life products; the level and timing of customer design activity; the market acceptance of our customers' products; the risk that new orders may not result in future revenue; our ability to introduce and produce new products based on advanced wafer technology on a timely basis; our ability to adequately market the low power, competitive pricing and short time-to-market of our new products; intense competition, including the introduction of new products by competitors; our ability to hire and retain qualified personnel; changes in product demand or supply; capacity constraints; and general economic conditions. These and other potential factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted are described in more detail in the Company's public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the risks discussed in the "Risk Factors" section in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in the Company's prior press releases, which are available on the Company's Investor Relations website at
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