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Intel's New Tablet, er... Laptop and a New Day for Lattice Semiconductor

by Amelia Dalton

In this week’s Fish Fry, my special guest is Lattice Semiconductor’s new CEO Darin Billerbeck who has some very interesting things to say about the FPGA market and Lattice’s cultural transformation.

And, in keeping with the Lattice theme, you’ll want to jump into the competition for this week’s awesome nerdy giveaway – a Lattice ECP3 Versa Development Kit, and as usual you’ll need to tune in to find out how to win.

Also this week, I dig into the details of the new Intel Ultrabook unveiled at Computex and try to find out why the heck other folks are calling this thing a tablet.

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Watch Previous Fish Frys

Fish Fry Links – June 3, 2011

Kevin Morris’ article: Leading Lattice – Billerbeck Steers a Fresh Course

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Lattice ECP3 Versa Development Kit

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