Lattice Semiconductor Announces Manufacturing Software Support for Revolutionary ispPAC Device Family
New Library Facilitates Manufacturing Automation
HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2001--Lattice
Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:LSCC - news), the worlds largest supplier
of in-system programmable devices, today announced manufacturing
software support for its revolutionary in-system Programmable Analog
Circuit (ispPAC®) family of devices.
This support is provided in PAC-Designer® software version 1.3
which contains new and upgraded utilities that enable automatic
circuit generation from user specifications such as gain, lowpass
filter corner frequency, and order of filter. In addition, PAC
Designer version 1.3 also supports the newly announced ispPAC30 device
-- the world's first in-system programmable and dynamically
reconfigurable analog front-end IC. PAC-Designer software is the
popular software tool for designing, simulating, and programming
Programmable Analog Circuits from Lattice Semiconductor Corporation.
The new PAC-Designer Software Development Kit (PDSDK) library
helps users to automate the manufacturing of their boards containing
analog circuits. In many cases the manufacturing of these boards
involves a technician who has to manually adjust or calibrate analog
circuits to compensate for component tolerances. Lattice's ispPAC
chips and manufacturing automation software developed using PDSDK can
eliminate or minimize manual intervention.
"Programmable circuits offer superior flexibility on the
manufacturing line," said Andy Robin, VP of New Venture Business for
Lattice. "Now our customers can use software to tune their analog
circuits board by board right on the manufacturing line. The new
utilities built into PAC-Designer further enhance the fast, easy and
flexible way to do analog design."
Availability
PAC-Designer Version 1.3 is available for download from the
Lattice website at www.latticesemi.com free of charge. Users can also
get a free non-time-limited license at the same location.
About Lattice Semiconductor
Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops
and markets the broadest range of high-performance ISP(TM)
programmable logic devices (PLDs) and offers total solutions for
today's advanced logic designs.
Lattice products are sold worldwide through an extensive network
of independent sales representatives and distributors, primarily to
OEM customers in the communication, computing, industrial, and
military end markets. Company headquarters are located at 5555 NE
Moore Court, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 USA; Telephone 503/268-8000, FAX
503/268-8037. For more information, access our World Wide Web site at
http://www.latticesemi.com.
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technological and product development risks and other risk factors
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Actual results may differ materially from forward-looking statements.
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programmable, ISP, ispPAC, PAC-Designer, and specific product
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Contact:
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
Andy Robin, 408/826-6222
andy.robin@latticesemi.com
