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Lattice ORT8850 FPSC Has Been Selected by NEC for SpectralWave U-Node Broadband ManagerHILLSBORO, Ore. - October 21, 2002 - Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) today announced that NEC Corporation has selected the Lattice ORT8850H Field Programmable System Chip (FPSC) as a backplane interface in its SpectralWave U-Node BBM (Broad Band Manager), a new generation multi-service transport system to both Metropolitan and long-haul optical networks. "Lattice's FPSC technology, specifically the ORT8850, was used to quickly develop a Gigabit Ethernet interface for our SpectralWave U-Node BBM," said Shigeki Suyama, General Manager at First Optical Network Division, NEC Corporation. "FPSC technology allowed NEC to place our custom backplane interface design in the programmable portion of the device, while utilizing the built-in SERDES channels provided in the embedded core of the ORT8850. Lattice FPSCs provide a distinct advantage over a discrete SERDES and FPGA solution," he added. The SpectralWave U-Node BBM meets full carrier-class requirements for scalability, redundancy, protections and management interfaces. A wide range of network interface modules, from E1(2M) to STM-64(10Gbps) and Gigabit Ethernet are available. "Working with companies like NEC is proof that our FPSC technology is gaining wide acceptance for use in advanced networking systems," commented Stan Kopec, vice president of marketing at Lattice. "The ORT8850 offered NEC programmable gates for customization while the embedded SERDES channels are ideal for high-speed serial backplane transmission required by their Gigabit Ethernet module. We will continue to create innovative solutions like the ORT8850, ORLI10G, ORT82G5, and ORSO82G5 FPSCs to cut time-to-market for leading networking equipment suppliers like NEC," Kopec added. Lattice's FPSC devices are high-performance programmable devices that combine optimized embedded core functions together with flexible, general-purpose FPGA logic. The ORT8850 devices offer a clockless, high-speed interface for interdevice communication on a board or across a backplane. The built-in clock recovery of the ORT8850 FPSCs supports higher system performance, easier-to-design clock domains in a multi-board system, and fewer signals on the backplane. The ORT8850 is available in medium- and high-density versions. While both feature eight channel, 850Mbits/s high-speed interfaces, the ORT8850L offers 200K ORCA® FPGA gates and 278 user I/Os. The ORT8850H offers up to 600K gates and 297 user I/Os. NEC used the ORT8850H for its SpectralWave U-Node BBM. Additional ORT8850 Technical Information
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