Lattice Semiconductor

Infobox_Company
company_name = Lattice Semiconductor
company_
company_type = Public (nasdaq|LSCC)
homepage = [http://www.latticesemi.com/ www.latticesemi.com]
foundation = 1983, public since 1989
key_people = Stephen A. Skaggs,
Jan Johannessen
location = Hillsboro, Oregon,
United States flagicon|USA
coord|45.527216|-122.926626|type:streetscale:US|display=title,inline
industry = Integrated Circuits
products = FPGAs, CPLDs
revenue = $245.5 million (2006)
num_employees =
footnotes =

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (nasdaq|LSCC) is a United States based manufacturer of high-performance programmable logic devices (FPGAs, CPLDs, & SPLDs). The Oregon based company is the number four ranked company in world market share for FPGA devices,cite web
last = Morris
first = Kevin
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Dangling Propositions
work = FPGA and Structured ASIC Journal
publisher = techfocus media
date = June 22, 2006
url = http://www.fpgajournal.com/articles_2006/20061219_2006.htm
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-02-02 ] and number two for CPLDs & SPLDs.cite web
last = Baldwin
first = Howard
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Dynamic Duo Still Dominate Programmable Logic
work = Movers and Shakers 2006
publisher = EDN
date = June 22, 2006
url = http://www.edn.com/article/CA6344037.html?industryid=47479
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-07-31 ]

Products

In addition to CPLDs & SPLDs, Lattice also manufactures field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable mixed-signal and interconnect products, related software and intellectual property (IP). At the 90nm node, Lattice offers a variety of [http://www.fpgajournal.com/articles_2006/20060221_lowcost.htm FPGA] devices.

Other

Lattice was incorporated in Oregon in 1983 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1985. The company is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the high-tech area known as the Silicon Forest. For fiscal year 2006 Lattice posted a profit of $3.1 million on revenues of $245.5 million, this was the first annual profit for the company since 2000.cite web
last = Earnshaw
first = Aliza
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Lattice: First annual profits since 2000
work = High Tech - Semiconductors
publisher = "Portland Business Journal"
date = January 25, 2007
url = http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/01/22/daily37.html
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-02-02 ] In 2004 the company settled charges with the United States government that it had illegally exported certain technologies to China, paying a fine of $560,000.cite web
last =
first =
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Lattice Semiconductor Settles Charges of Illegal Exports to China
work =
publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce
date = Sep 13, 2004
url = http://www.bis.doc.gov/News/2004/Lattice_Sep14.htm | format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-02-02 ] Among its chief competitors are Xilinx, Altera, Actel and QuickLogic.

References

External links

* [http://www.latticesemi.com Corporate website]