Ford Tamer
President and Chief Executive Officer
2024 – Present
2 years (current)
Key Decisions & Impact
Ford Tamer was urgently appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Semiconductor in September 2024, stepping into the demanding leadership void left by the sudden, shocking departure of turnaround architect Jim Anderson. Tamer is an experienced, respected semiconductor veteran who previously led Inphi Corporation (which was ultimately acquired by Marvell) and held senior executive roles at Broadcom. Taking immediate control during a brutal, industry-wide inventory correction that severely temporarily suppressed Lattice's short-term revenue, Tamer rapidly stabilized terrified investor confidence. He accelerated the critical rollout of the mid-range Avant FPGA platform, refusing to cut foundational R&D spending despite macroeconomic pressure. In a boldly aggressive strategic maneuver, he orchestrated the $1.65 billion acquisition of AMI in May 2026, expanding Lattice's total addressable market entirely beyond silicon.
Legacy
Tamer's ultimate contribution is defining Lattice's lucrative next chapter in the AI infrastructure boom. While his predecessor saved the company by shrinking its focus to low-power hardware Tamer is expanding its reach into platform firmware and entrenched server manageability software. By combining Lattice's dominant hardware security FPGAs with AMI's ubiquitous server BIOS software Tamer is attempting to build an unbreakable, lucrative monopoly in data center security, effectively insulating Lattice from the volatility of traditional industrial semiconductor cycles and ensuring sustained free cash flow generation.