Lattice Releases Industry"s First Full-Featured IEEE 1532 Compliant Programming
Nine Lattice CPLD Families Support New IEEE 1532 Standard
HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2001--Lattice
Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:LSCC - news), the inventor of In-System
Programmable (ISP(TM)) PLDs, today announced the immediate
availability of the industry's first full-featured programming
software supporting the newly approved IEEE 1532 Standard for
In-System Configurable (ISC) device programming, ispVM System v10.0.
Lattice's latest version of its ispVM(TM) System programming
software, v10.0, generates ISC programming files for all Lattice
ISC-compatible and compliant products. Additionally, the ispVM System
v10.0 software now accepts ISC programming files from non-Lattice,
ISC-compliant devices. By combining these various ISC programming
files into a single "programming data stream", the ispVM System
supports multi-vendor, in-system programming of entire chains of
ISC-compliant devices, a capability offered by no other PLD vendor.
The ispVM System v10.0 software is available, free of charge, by
download from the Lattice WEB site at:
http://www.latticesemi.com/products/devtools/software/ispvm10.
Background -- IEEE 1532 Standard
Lattice has been an active participant in the IEEE 1532
Committee's effort to define an industry standard programming
capability. This capability has required two separate standardization
efforts: one for the hardware (programmable device) and a second for
the software. The hardware portion of the standard, finalized in
August of 2000, defines common programming modes and instructions for
IEEE 1532-compliant devices. These ISC programming modes and
instructions are an extension of the well-established IEEE 1149.1
Boundary Scan Test infrastructure, which controls the basic
communications between devices in a programming/test chain. The
software portion of the standard, now officially approved by the IEEE,
defines the two files required for ISC-based programming:
- 1) ISC BSDL File -- defines those extensions required to the
standard Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL) File
required to support the ISC programming flows and algorithms.
The ISC BSDL File is device-specific (one file for each base
part number).
- 2) ISC Data File -- describes the data that will be programmed
into an ISC-compliant device. The ISC Data File is
design-specific (one ISC Data File for each unique customer
logic design).
Lattice ISC Device Support
Lattice offers nine CPLD families that are either compatible or
fully compliant with the IEEE 1532 Standard. Lattice's fully compliant
families include the recently released ispMACH 4000B (2.5Volts),
ispMACH 4000C (1.8V) and ispMACH 5000VG (3.3V) CPLD families.
Compatible families include the popular ispLSI 5000VE (3.3V),
ispMACH 4A3 (3.3V), ispMACH 4A5 (5V), ispLSI® 2000VE (3.3V),
ispLSI 2000VL (2.5V), and ispGDXV (3.3V) families.
The ISC BSDL files for these devices are available for immediate
download from the Lattice WEB site at
http://www.latticesemi.com/products/technology/ieee1532.cfm.
The ispVM System v10.0 programming software will generate an ISC Data
File for any of the nine product families mentioned above based upon
the user's device-specific design requirements.
"The full industry-wide impact of this new IEEE 1532 programming
standard will be realized when the 3rd party device programming
vendors, including suppliers of Automated Test Equipment (ATE),
Boundary Scan Testers and Device Programmers begin to support this
powerful new programming standard. As many of these vendors are active
participants on the IEEE 1532 Committee, I expect that most will have
ISC support in place within the next 12 months," stated Steve Stark,
Director of Product Marketing. "Today, a Lattice customer can program
entire chains of Lattice ISC-compatible and compliant devices
simultaneously, driving significant manufacturing cost savings.
Tomorrow, Lattice tools, enabled by the IEEE 1532 programming
standard, will be able to program entire multi-vendor chains of ISC
compatible and compliant devices simultaneously," continued Mr. Stark.
About Lattice Semiconductor
Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops
and markets the broadest range of high-performance ISP 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 fields of communications, 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.
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Contact:
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Sean Hildenbrand, 503/268-8680
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