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==Operations==
The company is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the high-tech area known as the Silicon Forest.<ref name="Chappatta">Brian Chappatta, Bloomberg Businessweek. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120928001755/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-25/silicon-forest-baseball-wager-penalizes-oregon-city-muni-credit Silicon Forest Baseball Wager Penalizes Oregon City: Muni Credit]." Sep 25, 2012. Retrieved Dec 21, 2012.</ref> The company employs more than 1000 people worldwide as of 2023. Ford Tamer is Lattice's chief executive officer. Its chief competitors are [[Xilinx]] (a subsidiary of [[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]]) and [[Intel]] (former [[Altera]] business).<ref>John Edwards (June 1, 2006).  "[http://www.edn.com/article/466104-No_room_for_Second_Place.php No room for Second Place] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515220854/http://www.edn.com/article/466104-No_room_for_Second_Place.php |date=2012-05-15 }}." EDN. Retrieved May 10, 2012.</ref> After AMD completed the acquisition of Xilinx in February 2022, Lattice Semiconductor became the last fully independent major manufacturer of FPGAs.