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Lattice Semiconductor

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Chip makerHardware vendor
LatticeLattice SemiLSCC

American semiconductor company specializing in the design and manufacturing of low-power field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and CPLDs, headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Founded1983United States
HQHillsboroUnited States
01 · About

Lattice Semiconductor

Founded 1983 · Hillsboro, United States

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is an American semiconductor company specializing in the design and manufacturing of low-power Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and CPLDs. Founded in 1983 in Oregon, it is headquartered in the Silicon Forest area of Hillsboro, Oregon. The company has been publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol LSCC since 1989. Lattice's product portfolio includes families built on the Lattice Nexus platform (small, low-power FPGAs) and the Lattice Avant platform (mid-range FPGAs), as well as the long-standing MachXO platform. Its devices are used in communications, client computing, datacenter, automotive, industrial automation, defense, aerospace, and consumer electronics markets. Following AMD's acquisition of Xilinx in 2022, Lattice became the last fully independent major manufacturer of FPGAs. Ford Tamer has served as CEO since September 2024.

  • C. Norman Winningstad

    Co-founder

  • Rahul Sud

    Co-founder, President (until 1986)

  • Ray Capece

    Co-founder

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

2 areas · 3 technologies · 6 industries
What they do2Areas
  • AI hardware
  • Edge AI
How they do it3Technologies
  • AI accelerators
  • Edge AI
  • Computer vision
Who for6Industries
  • Industrial manufacturing
  • Automotive
  • Aerospace
  • Defense & security
  • Telecommunications
  • Robotics
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Hillsboro · 8 offices · 4 regions
GlobalNorth AmericaAsiaEurope
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 1983
1983founded
1,110 (as of end of 2024)employees
maturedevelopment stage
Publiclisted
activestatus
06 · Relations

Organizational relations

4 strategic relations

Strategic relations

4
  • Acquisition
    Lattice acquired SiliconBlue Technologies in December 2011 for approximately USD 62 million; the source of the iCE40 FPGA family.
    2011 →
  • Acquisition
    Acquisition of Silicon Image Inc. in March 2015 for USD 606 million.
    2015 →
  • Acquisition
    Acquisition of Mirametrix (computer vision software) in November 2021.
    2021 →
  • Manufacturing partner
    Long-standing foundry agreement with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced in July 2012.
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 6 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagemature
  • Listed onYesNASDAQ:LSCC
  • Organization typeChip maker+ Hardware vendor