Lattice Semiconductor announced availability of an updated version of its Lattice Diamond design tool suite, version 3.7. It includes support for more Lattice devices as well as performance improvements to help customers design solutions based on Lattice FPGAs with the lowest possible size, power consumption and cost. Lattice Diamond design software is a complete suite of FPGA tools with an easy-to-use interface, efficient design flow, super...

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has announced the launch of its new baseband processor. The SB6541 is designed for use in conjunction with Lattice’s Sil6340 and Sil6342 RF transceivers to target fixed wireless access and wireless backhaul of urban broadband infrastructure such as LTE small cells and metro Wi-Fi access points.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has announced an expansion of the company’s ECP5 family of low power, small form factor connectivity and acceleration FPGAs. These new additions are pin compatible with ECP5 FPGAs and enable OEMs to seamlessly update their designs to meet evolving interface requirements in the industrial, communications and consumer markets.

Lattice Semiconductor has announced that the company’s flexible charging controllers, the LIF-UC family, supports the Qualcomm Quick Charge standard. Faster charging is becoming increasingly important as more powerful devices are released to the market. To support this, Qualcomm Technologies’ PMICs have optimised charging architectures within mobile devices by taking advantage of the Quick Charge technologies.

Lattice Semiconductor's flexible USB Type-C port controller, the LIF-UC, has been integrated into Salcomp’s SPEEDY power adapter. Salcomp will continue to use Lattice’s upgradable port controller for future USB Type-C accessories that intelligently deliver higher wattage to mobile devices.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation and Mikroprojekt have announced availability of a ECP5-based development platform to accelerate system design of communications and industrial applications at the network edge, including HetNet small cells, industrial IoT gateways and IP cameras. Mikroprojekt’s Kondor AX development platform features Lattice’s ECP5 device, a low power, small form factor FPGA with flexible interface connectivity.

Lattice Semiconductor announced that its MachXO3 FPGA and USB 3.0 sensor bridge reference design are integrated in a USB 3.0 camera module from Leopard Imaging. The MachXO3 FPGA and the USB 3.0 sensor bridge reference design work together to convert the subLVDS video signal from the image sensor used in the module to a parallel format that can interface with the camera’s USB 3.0 controller.

Enabled by the latest Diamond 3.6 design tool suite software update, Lattice Semiconductor's MachXO3 FPGAs support 900Mb/s per lane operation for MIPI D-PHY interfaces. The MachXO3 devices can now be used to bridge a wide variety of image sensors & displays with MIPI D-PHY, CSI-2 or DSI interfaces at speeds of up to 900Mb/s.

Reducing development risk and accelerating time-to-market, the ECP5 Versa development kit has been introduced by Lattice Semiconductor. The kit accelerates the prototyping and testing of connectivity designs targeted for small cells, microserver, broadband access and industrial video applications worldwide.

Expanding its USB Type-C product family, Lattice Semiconductor has introduced three port controllers which deliver space, cost and power efficient designs that provide flexibility. The SiI7012, SiI7013 and SiI7014 are used to configure the USB Type-C Upstream Facing Port (UFP) or Downstream Facing Port (DFP), detect cable orientation and negotiate Power Delivery (PD) on the USB Type-C connection.

The world’s first superMHL products for USB Type-C to deliver 4K 60fps RGB/4:4:4 video with concurrent USB 3.1 Gen 1 or Gen 2 data have been introduced by Lattice Semiconductor. The SiI8630 and SiI9396 are a low-power superMHL transmitter and receiver pair that can deliver and receive 4K 60fps over a single lane, enabling a PC experience with USB Type-C devices. 

  Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its iCE40 LM FPGA is integrated in the Huawei P8 flagship smartphone to enable optimal 4G reception. Huawei will continue to use Lattice’s low latency, tunable antenna controller in other devices using its Kirin 930 chipset.

  Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its iCE40 LM FPGA has been integrated in the recently released ZTE Star 2 smartphone to perform IR remote control, and sensor hub functions.

Lattice Semiconductor has announced updates to Lattice Diamond, iCEcube2 and ispLEVER Classic design tool suites. This continued investment in design tools re-affirms Lattice’s commitment to providing customers with industry leading low power, small form factor and low cost FPGAs.

Silicon Image, a Lattice Semiconductor company, will be showcasing their latest advancements in smart connectivity technologies at DAC 2015. The company will be located at booth 1108 from 8th to 10th of June.

Expanding the MachXO3 FPGA family, Lattice Semiconductor has announced that the MachXO3LF are provided with on-chip Flash for configuration and usage. They utilise the same advanced package technology as the MachXO3L family to provide a small-footprint, the highest I/O density on the market and easy migration without changing PCB design.

Lattice Semiconductor has introduced a functional safety design flow solution which enables users to simplify and speed up the IEC61508 safety certification process for safety-critical applications using Lattice FPGAs. Certified by TÜV-Rheinland, the solution enables engineers to adhere to latest safety design methodology, save time and reduce costs.

Enabling designers to reduce development time and risk, Lattice Semiconductor has announced three freely-downloadable USB Type-C reference designs. These enable designers to quickly implement the cable detect and power delivery functions required to unlock the capabilities of Type-C including 100W power, 20Gb/s bandwidth, reversibility and flexibility.

At embedded world 2015, 24th to 26th February in Nuremberg, Lattice Semiconductor will unveil programmable industrial automation solutions focused on vision, video and display and real-world industrial bridging and interface solutions.

Designed to speed the time-to-market of mobile devices, the iCE40 UltraLite FPGA has been released by Lattice Semiconductor. Measuring 1.4x1.4mm, the device is 68% smaller than its closest competitor. The FPGA, which features built-in hardened IPs and LED drivers, also requires 30% less power than its closest competitor. The device’s small footprint, high level of integration and low power consumption allow manufacturer’s to easily ad...