July 27, 2010 -- QuickLogic Corporation today announced the Frame Recycler Proven System Block (PSB) for inclusion in its CSSPs. The Frame Recycler PSB enables handheld mobile system developers to conserve significant battery life by making it possible for the CPU to shut down when display content is unchanged.

While mobile consumer device displays are required to be refreshed at up to 60 times per second, quite often the actual displayed content does not change at the same rate. A perfect example is the LCD-based tablet or E-reader -- while the screen content may not change for seconds or even minutes at a time, the CPU typically provides identical content updates to the display. This architecture is highly inefficient from a power handling perspective because the same frames are sent repeatedly. QuickLogic's Frame Recycler PSB solves this issue by removing display refresh responsibilities from the CPU when no change in display content is present, allowing the CPU to operate in a power-down state until the next change of display content is requested.

QuickLogic's Frame Recycler is designed for a myriad of consumer devices, from e-readers to tablet computers, smartphones, and notebooks.

The Frame Recycler technology is available immediately as a PSB for inclusion in QuickLogic's CSSPs based on the ArcticLink® II VX solution platform families.

Go to the QuickLogic Corp. website for product details.