Since their inception approximately three years ago, Lattice Semiconductor has shipped more than 250m iCE series devices. The iCE series has been extremely popular in the growing mobile device markets, particularly for consumer applications; the latest member of the family - the iCE40 Ultra FPGA - is shipping in high volume as mobile device manufacturers take advantage of the reduced power and size of these programmable devices.

Enabling a new class of always-on applications using FPGAs. By Subra Chandramouli, Director, Consumer Segment Marketing, Lattice Semiconductor.

To allow easy evaluation and design for its family of MachXO3L instant-on, non-volatile FPGAs, Lattice Semiconductor has released the MachXO3L Starter Kit. Product developers can immediately deploy programmable bridging and I/O expansion with breakthrough I/O density, at Lattice's lowest cost per I/O offering.

Supporting multiple high-speed transmission interface standards and accelerating time-to-market with economical SERDES enhanced FPGAs. By Benny Ma, Applications Engineer, Lattice Semiconductor.

Targeting the growing IoT category of devices, Lattice Semiconductor has announced the availability of human voice detection and command recognition IP for smartphones and other portable devices. Implemented in the iCE40 family of mobile FPGAs, the IPs enable manufacturers to improve the user experience of their mobile devices with voice activation capabilities and maximise battery life by minimising false wake-up triggers to the processor.

Lattice Semiconductor has announced four solutions that allow the rapid implementation of the recently released USB Type-C standard. These products have already been adopted by some customers, and Lattice will offer demonstrations during the USB 3.1 Developers’ Day, held in Singapore on 19th and 20th November.

Lattice Semiconductor, Fairchild Imaging and Helion Vision will demonstrate a new image sensor solution based on Fairchild Imaging’s HWK1910A image sensor and Helion Vision’s IONOS IP cores at VISION 2014 in Stuttgart (Nov 4-6). At the core of the demonstration is the Lattice HDR-60 Video Camera Development Kit which utilises the Fairchild HWK1910A image sensor, a LatticeECP3 FPGA and Helion Vision’s IONOS Imaging pipeline.

  The FPGA-based USB3 Vision camera, a co-operative venture between Lattice Semiconductor & Sensor to Image, is set to reduce the time-to-market for machine vision applications. A reference design for the device will be demonstrated to visitors at VISION 2014, in hall 1, booth A-43.

Citizen Watch are integrating Lattice Semiconductor's iCE40 FPGAs into it's Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F100 wristwatch. To enable the watch to display the correct time, the FPGA picks up the precise-time information from the input data of the GPS satellite signal receiver and generates control signals.

Lattice Semiconductor has revealed that its popular MachXO3L family of FPGAs are now available in four tiny packages as small as 2.5x2.5mm. According to the manufacturer, the FPGAs offer the lowest cost per I/O in the industry with WLCSP (Wafer-Level Chip-Scale) and caBGA (Chip-Array Ball Grid Array) packages providing up to 335 I/O in a 17x17mm package.

Enabling manufacturers to immediately develop USB 3.1 Type-C connectors and quickly get them to market, Lattice Semiconductor has introduced a USB 3.1 Type-C power delivery solution. It addresses all the critical power-related functions required by the USB 3.1 Type-C specification, which defines very small jacks suited to mobile devices.

Enabling engineers to quickly implement optical Ethernet designs up to 100Gbps, Lattice Semiconductor has released a reference design for IEEE 802.3 Management Data Input/Output (MDIO) interface controllers. RD1194 allows designers to implement a simple Wishbone user logic interface that enables the user to access the PHY registers.

Since being launched two and a half years ago, shipments of the iCE40, a series of FPGAs manufactured by Lattice Semiconductor, have reached 200m. By decreasing time-to-market, the company has opened new markets for FPGAs, most particularly within mobile consumer and handheld electronic designs.

The newest member of the ECP5 family, Lattice Semiconductor has announced that the LFE5UM-85 delivers the highest performance in the family in the same packages as smaller devices. This enables engineers to design prototypes with the best performance for convenience and flexibility, then optimise for cost in a lower density device when they go to production.

Enabling mobile consumer device manufacturers to quickly implement differentiating features, Lattice Semiconductor has introduced the iCE40 Ultra FPGA family. The company claims that it delivers unsurpassed integration of emerging infrared remote, barcode, touch, user identification and pedometer functions with sufficient customisation capabilities.

The ECP5 FPGA Family breaks the rule that all FPGAs should be the highest density, power hungry, and expensive. With a focus on compact, high volume applications, Lattice optimized the ECP5 architecture for low cost, small form factor and low power consumption. These characteristics make the ECP5 devices ideal for delivering programmable connectivity solutions to complement ASICs and ASSPs.

Reducing development risk and quickly overcoming time-to-market challenges, the ECP5 FPGA family claims that it 'breaks the rules' of conventional FPGA approaches to deliver a SERDES-based solution for designers. The device family, from Lattice Semiconductor, rapidly add features and functions to complement those delivered by ASICs and ASSPs. The devices are designed for small-cell, microserver, broadband access, industrial video a...

At the Embedded World Exhibition and Conference taking place February 25-27 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany, Lattice Semiconductor will be demonstrating USB 3.0 and HMI solutions. Additionally, the company will present two papers addressing how embedded designers can use low-power, low-cost FPGAs to help implement Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) interfaces.

Demonstrating the company’s commitment to world-wide quality, Lattice Semiconductor has revealed that its Philippines facility in Manila has received ISO9001:2008 certification.

The proliferation of low-cost FPGAs now enable broader markets to benefit from MIPI DSI Displays and Application Processors. By Ted Marena, Director of Solutions Marketing, Business Development, Partner Solutions & IP, Lattice Semiconductor.