The LatticeSC should finally silence the skeptics: this is a very high performance FPGA that will compete aggressively with Virtex and Stratix devices for sockets. With the simultaneous announcement of the low cost LatticeECP2 devices, Lattice now has the breadth and depth of FPGA products to become the third force in the FPGA market.

Gerald S. (Jerry) Worchel, Principal Analyst, In-Stat's Semiconductor Logic Service