LATTICE Semiconductor is acquiring SiliconBlue Technologies, strengthening its position in the mobile market.
SiliconBlue Technologies is a pioneer in Custom Mobile Device solutions for the consumer handheld market.
The mobile consumer market 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.
Its mobileFPGA devices utilise a single chip, ultra-low power Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) fabric to enable mobile designers to quickly add features to their mobile platform in areas such as connectivity, memory / storage, sensor management, and video / imaging.
Lattice Semiconductor will pay approximately US$62 million in cash for SiliconBlue Technologies.
According to Lattice Semiconductor’s CEO Darin G. Billerbeck, the acquisition will accelerate the company’s growth strategy in the mobile consumer market. Silicon Blue will bring to the table a scalable, low cost, low power nonvolatile memory FPGA, along with key personnel and blue chip customers.
Lattice Semiconductor acquires SiliconBlue, boosts mobile prospects Electronics News
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