Lattice Expands Secure Control FPGA Portfolio with New Mach-N2 Family
Lattice Semiconductor, a leader in low-power programmable solutions and platform firmware, has announced the new Lattice Mach™-N2 FPGA family, expanding its portfolio of secure control FPGAs for modern infrastructure applications.
Built on the company’s Lattice Nexus™ 2 small FPGA platform, Mach-N2 is designed to address the growing requirements for system control, connectivity and security across next-generation computing, communications and industrial infrastructure. The new FPGA family combines integrated flash memory, hardware-based Root of Trust capabilities and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) with crypto agility, providing system designers with a platform intended for long-lifecycle applications where security and reliability are critical.
As infrastructure becomes increasingly connected and sophisticated, system designers are facing the need to balance higher performance with stronger security. At the same time, the emergence of post-quantum security requirements is driving organizations to prepare their systems for cryptographic threats that could emerge in the future. Mach-N2 is designed to address these requirements by bringing system control, high-speed connectivity and advanced security capabilities together in a single FPGA platform.
“The demands on system control and security are accelerating as post-quantum mandates take hold, and customers building long-lifecycle infrastructure seek solutions that will help them design with today and tomorrow’s security needs in mind,” said Esam Elashmawi, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Lattice Semiconductor. “Mach-N2 represents a significant step forward in logic density and bandwidth while adding the most complete post-quantum security suite in its class for long-lifecycle systems.”
Increased Logic Density and System Control
The Mach-N2 family is designed to provide additional processing and control resources for increasingly complex system architectures. Compared with previous-generation solutions, the devices offer up to twice the logic density, enabling designers to implement more advanced system control functions within the FPGA.
The devices also feature enhanced SERDES bandwidth, allowing direct connectivity to modern System-on-Chips (SoCs), processors and other high-speed components. This capability can help simplify system architectures while supporting the bandwidth requirements of current-generation infrastructure platforms.
For applications that require rapid and predictable responses, Mach-N2 provides low-latency, deterministic system control. These capabilities are particularly relevant for real-time monitoring, power management and system coordination.
The FPGA family supports functions such as power sequencing and system management, making it suitable for applications across computing, communications and industrial infrastructure. By handling these functions through a programmable logic platform, designers can adapt system control functionality to different hardware architectures and application requirements.
Security Designed for Long-Lifecycle Infrastructure
Security is a central component of the Mach-N2 architecture. The devices incorporate a hardware Root of Trust and support post-quantum cryptographic algorithms designed to address emerging security requirements.
Mach-N2 supports CNSA 2.0-compliant post-quantum cryptography, including ML-DSA, LMS and XMSS for authentication and ML-KEM for key exchange. These capabilities are intended to help system designers prepare infrastructure for evolving cryptographic standards and future security requirements.
The platform also incorporates crypto agility, allowing cryptographic algorithms to be updated in the field. Anti-rollback protection helps prevent systems from reverting to unauthorized or outdated firmware versions, providing an additional layer of protection for deployed infrastructure.
Device identity and platform authentication are supported through Physically Unclonable Function (PUF)-derived device identity, along with DICE and SPDM attestation capabilities. These technologies can help establish device trust and support platform and supply-chain integrity.
Mach-N2 also provides access to established cryptographic technologies, including AES-256-GCM, ECC 521-bit and RSA 4096-bit APIs at runtime. This combination of classical and post-quantum cryptography gives developers flexibility when implementing security architectures across different generations of infrastructure.
For applications where physical attacks are a concern, Mach-N2 includes advanced anti-tamper monitoring with user-configurable responses. System designers can therefore define how the device responds when potentially unauthorized physical activity is detected.
Integrated Flash for Secure, Instant-On Operation
Another key feature of Mach-N2 is its integrated non-volatile flash memory. By incorporating flash directly into the FPGA, the platform can reduce exposure associated with external configuration memory and help protect the configuration bitstream and User Flash Memory (UFM) from external access.
The architecture is also designed for fast, instant-on configuration. According to Lattice, a 220K system logic cell device can fully configure in less than 30 milliseconds. Rapid configuration can be important in infrastructure applications where minimizing exposure during system startup and shutdown is a design priority.
Mach-N2 also supports up to three stored configuration images: primary, secondary and golden. This approach provides designers with greater flexibility for managing system updates and enables fault-recovery strategies in which a known-good configuration can be used if a primary image becomes unavailable or corrupted.
High-Speed Connectivity
Modern infrastructure systems increasingly rely on high-speed interfaces to connect processors, accelerators, storage and networking components. Mach-N2 addresses these requirements with support for PCIe® 4.0 and 10G Ethernet, along with SERDES speeds of up to 16 Gbps.
These connectivity capabilities allow Mach-N2 to serve as a control and management component alongside modern processors and SoCs. The combination of programmable logic, system management functions and high-speed interfaces can support a range of infrastructure architectures without requiring designers to rely solely on fixed-function control solutions.
Design Software and Availability
The new Lattice Mach-N2 FPGA devices are available to order today, with samples already shipped to customers in the compute and communications markets.
Mach-N2 devices are supported by the latest version of Lattice Radiant® design software, providing developers with the tools required to design, implement and manage FPGA-based applications.
The devices are also supported by Lattice Prompt™, the company’s AI-powered design tool. The addition of AI-assisted development capabilities is intended to help engineers streamline FPGA design workflows while working with the new Mach-N2 architecture.
The combination of hardware security, programmable system control, high-speed connectivity and software support positions Mach-N2 for applications where system designers require both flexibility and security throughout the product lifecycle.
Supporting the Next Generation of Infrastructure
As computing and communications infrastructure continues to evolve, system designers are increasingly required to address multiple challenges simultaneously, including performance, power efficiency, security, connectivity and long-term maintainability.
The Mach-N2 family brings these requirements together through a small FPGA platform that combines increased logic capacity with integrated security and flash capabilities. Its support for both established and post-quantum cryptographic technologies also provides designers with options for developing security architectures that can evolve as standards and requirements change.
With applications spanning Compute, Communications and Industrial infrastructure, the Mach-N2 family extends Lattice’s secure control FPGA portfolio while providing system designers with additional resources for managing increasingly complex and security-sensitive platforms.
About Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) is a provider of low-power programmable solutions and platform firmware. The company develops technologies designed to address customer requirements across Edge-to-Cloud applications in the Compute, Communications, Industrial and Embedded markets.
With the addition of AMI’s platform firmware and infrastructure manageability solutions, Lattice provides secure management and control technologies for cloud and AI data center infrastructure. The company combines programmable semiconductor technology, platform firmware, industry relationships and customer support to help organizations develop connected and secure systems.
For more information about Lattice Semiconductor and its Mach-N2 FPGA family, visit the company’s official website.
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