Five-year upside depends on turning low-power programmability into a repeatable secure-control standard across AI infrastructure and regulated edge systems. Execution on recurring software/security revenue determines whether growth offsets multiple compression.

Over the next 5 years, Lattice can turn “secure, low-power programmability at the edge/control-plane” into a higher-content-per-system annuity (AI servers, networking, robots, industrial safety) and defend a premium valuation if it pairs silicon leadership with recurring software/security services and faster time-to-design via cloud tooling.

Positive fit: security inversion + exploding edge endpoints raise demand for hardware-rooted trust and flexible control logic; Lattice is a specialist enabler rather than a frontier-model owner.

The upside is not “bigger FPGAs,” it’s more mandatory secure-control and bridge functions per system as AI racks and regulated edge fleets harden their firmware/supply-chain posture. Lattice’s capital-light model supports reinvestment into platforms (Nexus/Avant) and packaging (reference stacks) while buybacks reduce dilution. We assume revenue compounds meaningfully, while valuation remains premium but normalizes as the cycle matures—still yielding ~2x EV over 5 years if Lattice adds even modest recurring software/security attach.

The outcome is dominated by (1) premium-valuation fragility, (2) whether AI-server control-plane sockets stay defensible vs integration/in-sourcing, and (3) Asia/distributor concentration. The main self-help is shifting mix toward software/security attach, but that introduces new operational and reputational failure modes.

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