Lattice, UMC extend foundry deal to 28nm
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Lattice and foundry UMC have announced an agreement under which they will continue to develop non volatile products based on advanced technology nodes and expand their efforts to include other Lattice product lines.
"As Lattice has pursued increasingly price and power sensitive markets, from communications infrastructure to consumer mobile devices, we have recognised that having a scalable non volatile technology is a key success factor," said Darin Billerbeck, pictured, Lattice's president and ceo. "Our acquisition of SiliconBlue in December 2011 provided that technology and today's announcement with UMC gives us a foundry partner committed to deliver innovative products quickly using that technology."
According to Billerbeck, Lattice plans to release 40nm non volatile products by the end of 2012 and will target future generations of key product lines at the 28nm node.
Dr Shih-Wei Sun, UMC's ceo, added: "We are pleased to expand our relationship with Lattice to bring its upcoming 40nm and 28nm products to market. UMC's 28nm HLP process is engineered to meet performance targets while maintaining low power and cost efficiency, which will enable Lattice to gain competitive advantages in the low power fpga market."
Dr Sun added that capacity expansion and recent groundbreaking of Phases 5 and 6 at UMC's 300mm Fab 12A will serve Lattice's long term advanced manufacturing requirements.
