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Lattice Semiconductor and Tyco Electronics Demonstrate 3.7Gbps SERDES Speed Across FR-4 Backplane and High Speed Cables- Lattice Field Programmable System Chip (FPSC) SERDES combined with Tyco connector, backplane and cable products provides robust signal integrity and extended drive length - HILLSBORO, Ore. JULY 2, 2003 - Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) and Tyco Electronics (NASDAQ: TYC) today announced that the two companies have demonstrated superior signal integrity and extended drive length over FR-4 backplanes and long cable as well as an industry-best 3.7Gbps data rate. The demonstration utilized Latticeýs high performance field programmable system chips running over Tyco Electronicsý HM-Zd Based Platforms. The tests included Latticeýs ORT82G5 and ORSO82G5 backplane transceiver FPSCs which are targeted at 10Gigabit Ethernet and OC-192 backplane applications, respectively. "Using Tyco Electronics' interconnect solutions with our ORT82G5 FPSC to actually demonstrate signals driving over 34.5 inches (~876mm) of FR-4 backplane or up to 26 ft. (8 meters) of cable at speeds up to 3.7 Gbps has been the best way to prove to customers the quality and reliability of our total system solutions," said Stan Kopec, Vice President of Marketing for Lattice. "Tyco connectors, cabling solutions and backplane designs are recognized as industry standards. The fact that we can demonstrate robust signal integrity, extended drive length, and unparalleled speeds allows system architects to focus their efforts on value-added system features in the line cards and switch fabrics that use our proven technology. With the Lattice and Tyco combination, performance and signal integrity are not issues," added Kopec. "Tyco Electronics Circuit & Design engineers have characterized the pairing of high-speed HM-Zd connectors with Lattice's ORSO82G5 SONET-based backplane FPSC as an active interconnect. The correlation between measured eye pattern and simulated eye pattern is almost perfect. As such, we've demonstrated the capability to predict signal integrity obstacles with greater than 95% accuracy and rectify them before a system is built in order to achieve robust system interconnect performance at 3.125Gbps and beyond," said Doron Lapidot - Director Circuit & Design Tyco Electronics - Asia/Pacific & EMEA. "Needless to say, this is an excellent formula to shorten time to market and design system interconnect based on the combined solution," stated Minoru Okamoto, Vice President, Communications, Computer & Consumer Electronics of Tyco. Lattice Semiconductor has developed the industry's broadest and fastest programmable device family for high-speed serial backplane data transmission. The ORT82G5 integrates eight backplane transceiver channels, each operating over a range from 600 Mbps to 3.7 Gbps with a full duplex synchronous interface with built- in Clock and Data Recovery (CDR). Also included are embedded XAUI and Fibre-Channel state machines, bypassable 8B/10B encoding/decoding support plus multi-channel alignment capability without using any FPGA gates. The device features more than 400K FPGA gates and up to 372 general-purpose programmable I/O pins. The new ORT42G5 contains four backplane transceiver channels providing similar performance and FPGA density. The ORSO82G5 includes eight backplane transceiver channels, each operating at up to 2.7 Gbps data rate providing a full-duplex synchronous interface with built- in Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) and more than 400K FPGA gates. The ORSO82G5 contains an embedded core for SONET data scrambling and descrambling, streamlined SONET framing, transport overhead handling, cell insertion and extraction, idle cell insertion/deletion plus the programmable logic to terminate the network into proprietary systems. All SONET functionality is hidden from the user and no prior networking knowledge is required. About Tyco Electronics About Lattice Semiconductor Lattice products are sold worldwide through an extensive network of independent sales representatives and distributors, primarily to OEM customers in the fields of communication, computing, computer peripherals, instrumentation, industrial controls and military systems. Company headquarters are located at 5555 NE Moore Court, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 USA; Telephone 503-268-8000, FAX 503-268-8037. For more information on Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, access our World Wide Web site at 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 silicon wafer suppliers, the impact of competitive products and pricing, technological and product development risks and other risk factors detailed in the Companyýs Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Actual results may differ materially from forward- looking statements. # # #
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