Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Mark Nelson as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC), a leading provider of
programmable logic devices, announced the appointment of Mark Nelson as
the company’s Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales, effective
immediately. Mr. Nelson brings extensive sales experience, industry
knowledge, customer focus, and general management skills to his new
role. Prior to Lattice, Mr. Nelson was Vice President and General
Manager of Worldwide Sales for Intel Corporation’s Programmable
Solutions Group (PSG).

Jim Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are very
pleased to welcome Mark to Lattice as we continue to attract high
caliber talent to our team. Mark’s impressive experience in the FPGA
industry as a global sales leader at Altera and Intel PSG, his broad
industry expertise, and his track record of driving profitable growth
are a perfect fit. Over the past few months, we have assembled an
outstanding team of proven leaders, as we focus on execution and
building value for the company and shareholders.”

Mr. Nelson said, "I am excited to join the new Lattice management team
as we unlock the full potential of the company. Lattice is building
momentum with programmable solutions that are directly aligned with
customers’ needs in growing end markets worldwide. Now is the time to
better leverage Lattice’s global sales team to accelerate the company’s
growth and enhance customer experience.”

Mark Nelson brings to the role 30 years of broad semiconductor industry
experience in sales, marketing, field application engineering (FAE) and
engineering roles. Most recently, he was Vice President and General
Manager of Worldwide Sales for Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group.
Prior to the acquisition by Intel, Mr. Nelson was the Senior Vice
President of Worldwide Sales and Technical Services for Altera Corp.
During his 14 years at Altera, he held a variety of leadership roles,
where he was instrumental in the transformation of the sales and FAE
teams to successfully drive growth, acquire new customers, enhance the
customer experience and develop new partner-led routes to market. Prior
to his time at Intel/Altera, Mr. Nelson held other senior management
positions at LSI Logic Corp. and was an ASIC engineer at Unisys Defense
Systems Inc. Mr. Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical
engineering from Valparaiso University in Indiana.

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future events or performance are not historical facts and may be
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potential of the company; and that the Company is building momentum with
programmable solutions that are directly aligned with customers’ needs
in growing end markets worldwide. Other forward-looking statements may
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acceptance and demand for Lattice’s products; and the impact of
competitive products and pricing; and technological and product
development risks. In addition, actual results are subject to other
risks and uncertainties that relate more broadly to Lattice’s overall
business, including those risks more fully described in Lattice’s
filings with the SEC, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 30, 2017, and Lattice’s quarterly reports
filed on Form 10-Q.

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events.

About Lattice Semiconductor Corporation:

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) is a leader in low power, small form
factor programmable logic devices. Our FPGAs deliver intelligence,
connectivity, and control solutions to the industrial, compute,
communications, consumer, and automotive markets. Our unwavering
commitment to our global customers enables them to accelerate their
innovation, creating an even better and more connected world.

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