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Lattice Semiconductor Acquires Integrated Intellectual Property, Inc.

HILLSBORO, Ore. - March 16, 2001 - Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that it has acquired privately-held Integrated Intellectual Property Inc. (I2P) of Santa Clara, California. Terms of the stock acquisition were not disclosed and will not have a material effect on Lattice's financial results.

I2P is a provider of ASIC and system design services and intellectual property (IP) in the areas of communications, networking, and embedded processor systems. The acquisition will serve to enhance Lattice's IP development effort and its ability to deliver leading-edge programmable solutions.

"Lattice is committed to offering intellectual property in conjunction with our future programmable products," stated Cyrus Y. Tsui, president and chief executive officer. "We look for I2P to bring communications and networking applications expertise and strengthen our internal IP development effort."

"I2P has provided design and IP development services since 1995," said Milan Gandhi, I2P president and chief executive officer. "We are excited to join Lattice Semiconductor and to contribute to the development of leading-edge IP for their next-generation programmable products."

The foregoing paragraphs contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Federal Securities laws including statements about future quarterly financial results, product offerings and our ability to compete. Investors are cautioned that actual events and results could differ materially from these statements as a result of a number of factors, including overall semiconductor market conditions, market acceptance and demand for our new products, the impact of competitive products, and technological and product development risks.

Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops and markets the broadest range of high-performance ISPTM programmable logic devices (PLDs) and offers total solutions for today's advanced logic designs.

Lattice products are sold worldwide through an extensive network of independent sales representatives and distributors, primarily to OEM customers in the communication, computing, industrial and military end markets. Company headquarters are located at 5555 N.E. Moore Court, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 USA; Telephone (503) 268-8000; FAX (503) 268-8037. For more information access our web site at: www.latticesemi.com.

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For more information contact:

Steve Skaggs
Chief Financial Officer
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
(503) 268-8000