Recent Highlights
- Increased Fiscal 2021 revenue by 47% from Fiscal 2020
- Best quarterly cash flow from operating activities in more than 10 years
- Received ~$1 million non-cancellable and non-refundable purchase order for ArcticLink® III BX display bridge design win
- Appointed industry veteran Elias Nader as Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Finance
- Raised gross proceeds of $1.48 million through strategic investment by current and new institutional investors
- Added technology executives Joyce Kim and Radhika Krishnan to the Board of Directors
- Collaborating with eTopus on eFPGA-enabled Chiplets using Australis IP Generator
- SensiML teamed with Infineon Technologies to deliver a complete AI/Machine Learning solution for intelligent IoT endpoint applications
Fiscal 2021 Fourth Quarter Financial Results
Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2021 was $3.7 million, a decrease of 4% compared with the third quarter of 2021, and an increase of 48% compared with the fourth quarter of 2020. New product revenue was approximately $2.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of 3% compared with the third quarter of 2021, and an increase of 219% compared with the fourth quarter of 2020. The increases were primarily due to higher revenue from our sensor processing and eFPGA IP products. Mature product revenue was $1.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, down 6% compared with the third quarter of 2021, and down 38% compared with the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fourth quarter 2021 GAAP gross margin was 56.1%, compared with 70.8% in the third quarter of 2021, and 48.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fourth quarter 2021 non-GAAP gross margin was 60.1%, compared with 72.8% in the third quarter of 2021 and 51.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fourth quarter 2021 GAAP operating expenses were $3.7 million, compared with $4.0 million in the third quarter of 2021, and $4.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fourth quarter 2021 non-GAAP operating expenses were $2.7 million, compared with $3.2 million in the third quarter of 2021, and from $2.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fourth quarter 2021 GAAP net loss was $1.6 million, or $0.13 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.3 million, or $0.11 per share, in the third quarter of 2021, and a net loss of $2.9 million, or $0.27 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fourth quarter 2021 non-GAAP net loss was $0.5 million, or $0.04 per share, compared with a net loss of $0.4 million, or $0.03 per share, in the third quarter of 2021, and a net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.15 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Fiscal Year 2021 Results
Total revenue for fiscal year 2021 was $12.7 million, compared with $8.6 million in fiscal year 2020. New product revenue was $7.8 million, compared with $2.8 million in the prior year. Mature product revenue was $4.9 million, compared with $5.9 million in fiscal year 2020.
Fiscal year 2021 GAAP gross margin was 58.5%, compared with 49.2% in fiscal year 2020. Non-GAAP gross margin for fiscal year 2021 was 60.7%., compared with 51.1% in fiscal year 2020.
GAAP operating expenses for fiscal year 2021 were $14.9 million, compared with $15.1 million in fiscal year 2020. Non-GAAP operating expenses for fiscal year 2021 were $12.7 million, down from $12.8 million in fiscal year 2020.
GAAP net loss for fiscal year 2021 was $6.6 million, or $0.57 per share. This compares with $11.2 million, or $1.14 per share in fiscal year 2020. Non-GAAP net loss for fiscal year 2021 was $4.1 million, or $0.35 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.7 million or $0.88 per share for fiscal year 2020.
Please see the section below titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for an explanation of the Company's non-GAAP financial measures.
Conference Call
QuickLogic will hold a conference call at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time today, February 16, 2022, to discuss its current financial results. The conference call will be webcast at QuickLogic's IR Site Events Page at https://ir.quicklogic.com/ir-calendar. To join the live conference, you may dial (877) 407-0792 and international participants should dial (201) 689-8263 by 2:15 p.m. Pacific Time. No Passcode is needed to join the conference call. A recording of the call will be available starting approximately one hour after completion. To access the recording, please call (412) 317-6671 and reference the passcode 13726478. The call recording, which can be accessed by phone, will be archived until Wednesday, February 23, 2022, and the webcast will be available for 12 months on the Company's website.
About QuickLogic
QuickLogic is a fabless semiconductor company that develops low power, multi-core semiconductor platforms and Intellectual Property (IP) for Artificial Intelligence (AI), voice and sensor processing. The solutions include an embedded FPGA IP (eFPGA) for hardware acceleration and pre-processing, and heterogeneous multi-core SoCs that integrate eFPGA with other processors and peripherals. The Analytics Toolkit from the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, SensiML Corporation, completes the end-to-end solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. The full range of platforms, software tools and eFPGA IP enables the practical and efficient adoption of AI, voice and sensor processing across the multitude of mobile, wearable, hearable, consumer, industrial, edge and endpoint IoT applications. For more information, visit www.quicklogic.com and https://www.quicklogic.com/blog/.
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