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homepage = [http://www.altera.com/ www.altera.com]|
foundation = 1983, public since 1989|
key_people = John P. Daane, CEO|
location = San Jose, CA|
industry = Integrated Circuits|
products = FPGAs, CPLDs, Embedded Processors, Structured ASICs|
revenue = ~$1.28 billion/year|
num_employees = ~2,600
}}Altera Corporation () is a leading manufacturer of programmable logic devices. It is a member of the NASDAQ-100 group of technology stocks and the S&P 500.Altera is one of the pioneers of Programmable Logic, following notable early leaders Signetics and MMI in introducing PLDs. Altera develops many features that are geared towards system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) capability. Some of the more recent examples include embedded memory, embedded processors, and high-speed transceivers. The success in 130nm and 90nm product launches are good case studies. Altera's Nios II and Nios soft core processors and HardCopy II & HardCopy devices are
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