July 2009

Industry and Technology Veteran Hans Schwarz Joins Lattice Board of Directors

Hans Schwarz, a former Xilinx Vice President, joined the Lattice Board of Directors June 4. Until July 2007, Mr. Schwarz served as Xilinx’s Vice President of Business Strategy and Corporate Development. Between 1995 and 2007, Mr. Schwarz was responsible for Xilinx’s corporate strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, venture investments and corporate partnerships.

Mr. Schwarz was most recently with The Galleon Group as Managing Director of the Galleon Crossover Fund, where he was responsible for searching and selecting innovative, technology- or market-leading companies for venture funding. Mr. Schwarz also worked with and guided the management of selected companies on strategic as well as operational issues.

“We are very pleased that Hans has agreed to join our board. His broad experience in the semiconductor industry, particularly in the programmable logic space, strategy formation and semiconductor business operations with multiple companies will be a great resource as the board and the management team guide Lattice to renewed revenue growth and profitability,” said Patrick Jones, Lattice’s Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Schwarz holds a BS in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Santa Clara University.