September 2007

Lattice FPGAs Ideal for High-Security Applications

In today's complex systems, FPGAs are increasingly used to replace functions traditionally performed by ASICs and even microprocessors. Ten years ago, the FPGA was at the fringe of most designs; today it is often at the heart. Consequently, FPGA design security has become an increasingly important topic of discussion for designers. Full story...

Open Source Drives Lattice Soft Microprocessors

Lattice has introduced an open source soft microcontroller, the LatticeMico8, and an open source soft microprocessor, the LatticeMico32, targeted towards FPGAs and optimized for Lattice FPGAs. Unlike traditional open source software licenses that require derivative works to be open source, Lattice recognizes that devices that use open source microprocessors need to be proprietary. The Lattice open source license allows businesses to combine the open source LatticeMico8 or LatticeMico32 with proprietary designs on a single chip, without fear of jeopardizing proprietary investments. Full story...

Configure Lattice MACO with IPexpress

The signature feature of the LatticeSCM FPGA is MACO (Masked Array for Cost Optimization) dedicated logic blocks that efficiently implement popular high-speed functions without using valuable generic FGPA logic resources. MACO-based IP design is free since the functionality is included in the LatticeSCM device. Full story...

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