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Lattice Announces Immediate Availability of ispLEVER 5.1 Service Pack 1

- Service Pack Includes Synthesis Updates for Synplify and Precision RTL -

HILLSBORO, OR - JANUARY 16, 2006 - Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the immediate availability of its ispLEVER® 5.1 Service Pack 1. The Service Pack delivers several enhancements for CPLD and FPGA design, and strengthens design flow stability to improve design efficiency and user productivity.

Industry Leading Synthesis and Simulation

The ispLEVER 5.1 Service Pack 1 release includes new versions of Synplicity® Synplify® for Lattice (v8.2d), and the Mentor Graphics® Precision® RTL (2005b Update 1) synthesis tools.

Dozens of Improvements to ispLEVER Tools, Including:

  • The Lattice News Panel provides designers instant access to relevant news about Lattice silicon and software products
  • Updated product support for all Lattice programmable logic products
  • Expanded help for the new Preference Flow introduced in ispLEVER 5.1
  • Precision RTL 2005b.91 synthesis update from Mentor Graphics
  • Synplify 8.2d synthesis update from Synplicity, including new RAM/ROM inferencing support
  • Numerous updates to IPexpress™ IP flow, Project Navigator, ispLeverDSP tools, Floorplanning tools, Power Calculator and CPLD design flow, among many others

A complete list of the new features and enhancements to the ispLEVER 5.1 and Service Pack 1 design tool suite can be viewed at http://www.latticesemi.com/software.

Availability and pricing

Service Pack 1 is available for download to customers with active maintenance agreements, either through Lattice's ispUPDATE or from http://www.latticesemi.com/software. Windows® , UNIX and LINUX versions are available. The ispLEVER software for Windows, supporting all Lattice digital programmable logic families, is list priced at $695, an industry-best value, and is available immediately.

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation provides the industry's broadest range of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) and Programmable Logic Devices (PLD), including Field Programmable System Chips (FPSC), Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD), Programmable Mixed-Signal Products (ispPAC®) and Programmable Digital Interconnect Devices (ispGDX®). Lattice also offers industry leading SERDES products.

Lattice is "Bringing the Best Together" with comprehensive solutions for system design, including an unequaled portfolio of non-volatile programmable devices that deliver instant-on operation, security and "single chip solution" space savings.

Lattice products are sold worldwide through an extensive network of independent sales representatives and distributors, primarily to OEM customers in communications, computing, industrial, consumer, automotive, medical and military end markets. Company headquarters are located at 5555 NE Moore Court, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124-6421, USA; telephone 503-268-8000, fax 503-268-8037. For more information about Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, visit http://www.latticesemi.com

Statements in this news release looking forward in time are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including market acceptance and demand for our new products, our dependencies on our third party software suppliers, the impact of competitive products and pricing, technological and product development risks and other risk factors detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Actual results may differ materially from forward-looking statements.

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GENERAL NOTICE: Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holders.

 

For more information contact:

Brian Kiernan, Corporate Communications Manager
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
brian.kiernan@latticesemi.com
voice: (503) 268-8739
fax: (503) 268-8193