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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081023
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081027
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081027

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000882508
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				770188504
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1277 ORLEANS DR
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089-1138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4089904000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1277 ORLEANS DRIVE
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089-1138

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SAXE TIMOTHY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001242025

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22671
		FILM NUMBER:		081142265

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O QUICKLOGIC
		STREET 2:		1277 ORLEANS DRIVE
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089-1138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4089904000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		109 SYLVAN WAY
		CITY:			LOS ALTOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94022
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        <footnote id="F1">One-fourth of the shares subject to the option vest on October 23, 2009 and one forty-eighth of the shares shall vest monthly thereafter.</footnote>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;24</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned, as a Section&nbsp;16
reporting person of QuickLogic Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby constitutes
and appoints Ralph S. Marimon and his successor, Suping Cheung her successor, Patricia
Hart and her successor, the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Complete
and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such
attorneys-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or
advisable pursuant to Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(as amended) and the rules&nbsp;and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned&#146;s
ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Do
all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and
such other person or agency as the attorneys-in-fact shall deem appropriate.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.&#160; The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#146;s responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#146;s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company
and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
this 21st day of October, 2008.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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