Acquisition Extends Lattice's Leadership Position in the Mobile Consumer and Handheld Market


Lattice has acquired SiliconBlue Technologies, a pioneer and leader in Custom Mobile Device™ solutions for the consumer handheld market. Utilizing a single chip, ultra-low power FPGA fabric, SiliconBlue's mobileFPGA™ devices enable mobile designers to quickly add features to their mobile platform in areas such as connectivity, memory/storage, sensor management, and video/imaging. SiliconBlue's mobileFPGA devices have already shipped in the millions of units to top tier consumer OEMs.


Darin G. Billerbeck, Lattice's President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "The acquisition of SiliconBlue is aligned with our Strategic Long Range Plan and will help accelerate our growth strategy in the Mobile Consumer market. SiliconBlue will further strengthen our product roadmap by adding a scalable, low cost, low power non-volatile memory FPGA, along with key personnel and blue chip customers."


Kapil Shankar, SiliconBlue's Chief Executive Officer, will join Lattice Semiconductor as Corporate Vice President of the Mobility Business Unit and will be responsible for the Company's mobility product lines. "The mobile consumer market for PLDs includes digital cameras, smartphones, eReaders, tablets, notebooks and netbooks. Key market growth trends include the drive for longer battery life, more natural interfaces, increased functionality, lower cost and reduced weight." Mr. Shankar commented. "We are excited to be joining the Lattice Semiconductor family. Lattice gives us the global scale, proven market credibility and financial backing to take SiliconBlue to the next phase of its growth. We think our existing customers will immediately benefit from our new global reach and support. We also expect Lattice's added resources and financial strength will give potential new customers confidence in designing in our mobileFPGA solutions as we work to more fully realize the potential of our pioneering technology."


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