Est: 1983
Headquarters: Portland, OR in the Silicon Forest
Founded by: C Norman Winningstad, Rahul Sud, Ray Capece
Lattice Semiconductor NASDAQ LSCC is top ranking in the world market share for FPGA devices and CPLDs and SPLDs. After a breif bankruptcy in1987, Lattice quickly reemerged only 62 days later with a steady growth from there. Lattice Semiconductor registered the term Silicon Forest in 1985 and by 1996 was ranked on Forbes list of the best small companies in the US.