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Lattice Semiconductor Announces Industry's Lowest Power 10 Gbps SERDES

Posted on: Monday, 23 June 2003, 06:00 CDT

HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003--

New eXtended Performance I/O (XPIO(TM)) transceiver features extremely

low power consumption

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:LSCC), the leader in programmable SERDES technology, today announced the availability of the industry's lowest power 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps) SERDES transceiver based on 0.13-micron CMOS technology. Designed for SONET OC-192 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet applications, the XPIO 110GXS consumes only 0.8 Watts of power and supports optical transponder modules such as the 300-pin Multi Source Agreement (MSA) as well as those for 10 Gigabit small form-factor pluggable (XFP) applications. The high performance transceiver meets both SONET and Ethernet jitter requirements.

"The addition of our first eXtended Performance I/O device further demonstrates Lattice's leadership position in the SERDES market," said Stan Kopec, vice president of corporate marketing at Lattice Semiconductor. "As the market leader in high-speed SERDES-based programmable devices with our Field Programmable System Chip (FPSC) product family, Lattice is fully committed to delivering the most complete portfolio of innovative FPGA and FPSC solutions at 10 Gbps, and the XPIO 110GXS device is our next step toward achieving this objective."

Previous Lattice FPSC devices, such as the ORSO82G5 and ORT82G5, support 10 Gbps traffic using four channels of 2.5 to 3.125 Gbps SERDES, depending on the encoding/decoding scheme utilized. The new XPIO device generates and receives 10 Gbps clock / data streams (full duplex) utilizing CML signaling over a single channel, reducing the number of connections needed.

Offering a continuous operating range from 9.953 to 10.709 Gbps, the low-power transceiver is ideally suited for SONET OC-192 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet applications. Lattice's new device can also be used in 200-pin MSA- or 300-pin MSA-based optical transponder modules. The device supports 16:1 serialization and 1:16 deserialization with a parallel LVDS data range from 622 to 670 Mbps supporting the Optical Internetworking Forum's SFI-4.1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet's XSBI standards. An on-chip low-jitter PLL generates all required clocks based on an external reference clock of 155.52 MHz or 622.08 MHz. The integrated limiting amplifier further enhances design flexibility and improves the bit-error rate.

The device achieves its extremely low power consumption through a combination of advanced 0.13-micron CMOS technology, reduced 1.3V core and 2.5V I/O voltages, and proprietary circuit design techniques. As a result, the devices typically consume only 0.8 Watts when operating at 10 Gbps, lower than any competitive transceivers currently available or announced.

Price and Availability

Samples of the XPIO 110GXS device are available now, with volume production scheduled for the second half of 2003. The device is packaged in an easy-to-use 15mm x 15mm, 269-ball flip-chip BGA package. Prices for the device are projected to start at $79.00 in 5,000 piece quantities for delivery in the first half of 2004. The ordering part number is XPIO 110GXS-01CF269C.

XPIO 110GXS evaluation kits are available through authorized Lattice distributors at a price of $4999.

About Lattice Semiconductor

Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops and markets the broadest range of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Field Programmable System Chips (FPSCs) and high-performance ISP(TM) programmable logic devices (PLDs). Lattice offers total solutions for today's system designs by delivering the most innovative programmable silicon products that embody leading-edge system expertise.

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 Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Actual results may differ materially from forward-looking statements.

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