CERTIFICATIONS 

                                                                                                  Exhibit 31.1

I, Darin G. Billerbeck, certify that: 

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ZiLOG, Inc.; 

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary tomake the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report; 

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respectsthe financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the   registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 

 The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over  financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: 

		  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed underour supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being  prepared;

		  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such  internal control over financial reporting to be designedunder our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

		  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and

		 (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to  materially affect, the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting;  and

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):   

		(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and  

		(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant'sinternal control over financial reporting.

  Date: February 10, 2009     By:    /s/ Darin G. Billerbeck             Darin G. Billerbeck *       President, Chief Executive Officer and Director*