Lattice Semiconductor Names AMD Executive Jim Anderson CEO

(RTTNews) - Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (LSCC) Monday announced the appointment of Jim Anderson as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective September 4, 2018.

Anderson joins Lattice from Advanced Micro Devices where he served as the General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Computing and Graphics Business Group.

Jeff Richardson, Chairman of the Board, said, "On behalf of the Board, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Anderson as Lattice's new President and Chief Executive Officer. Jim brings a strong combination of business and technical leadership with a deep understanding of our target end markets and customers. The transformation he drove of AMD's Computing and Graphics business over the past few years is just a recent example of his long track record of creating significant shareholder value."

Anderson said, "I want to thank the Board of Directors for its confidence and the opportunity to lead Lattice as President and CEO, with a focus on driving sustained growth and profitability. Lattice has an impressive history of innovation in programmable solutions."

In his role leading AMD's Computing and Graphics business group since 2015, Anderson drove a strategic and operational transformation that brought disruptive new products to the market and delivered market-leading revenue growth and significant profitability expansion for AMD.