For Release: October 19, 1998
Altera's European Technical Center Focuses on Innovation for Telecommunications
- Tech Center Provides Proven Design Capabilities
- Pledges Support for APEX™ Architecture and Upcoming Quartus™ Development Environment
- Provides Customers in Telecommunications Industry with State-of-the-Art Tools, Products and Talent
San Jose, Calif., October 19, 1998--Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced that its European Technical Center at High Wycombe, U.K. has committed to providing telecommunications industry customers with state-of-the-art programmable logic device (PLD) design capabilities through Altera's upcoming Quartus development environment and innovative APEX architecture (formerly code-named Raphael). The new toolset and architecture will allow Technical Center staff to assist customers in producing system-level designs that exploit the advantages of PLD technology - ease-of-use, quick time-to-market and low risk.
"By exploiting the unparalleled capabilities provided by Altera's new tools and devices, the European Technical Center is at the leading edge of PLD design capability in Europe," said Mark Dickinson, director of Altera's European Technical Center. "With our existing skills, and the new talent that these capabilities are sure to attract, the European Technical Center will enable our customers to produce breakthrough levels of integration and performance for both ASIC prototyping and high-volume PLD production."
Dr. Dickinson's extensive industry background is indicative of the kind of skills and capabilities provided by the European Technical Center. His resume includes a total of 10 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, with more than four years at TTP Communications, Ltd., a leading supplier of GSM technology, where he was head of the semiconductor products group. He also holds a Ph.D. in DSP design for wireless communication. "Mark exemplifies the kind of talent that we are actively recruiting into our design centers worldwide," said Tim Southgate, Altera's vice president of software engineering. "As Altera moves to more advanced tools and higher levels of system integration, the talent pool available from our European Technical Center will play an important role in fulfilling telecommunications customers' design requirements."
Altera's European Technical Center is comprised of three main areas: MegaCore™ design (that is, design of Altera's proprietary megafunctions, which are specially optimized for use in Altera devices); IC design, including, transistor-level design of emerging systems; and finally, software development, which encompasses the design of Altera's MegaWizard™ Plug-Ins for fast, parameterised customisation of intellectual property blocks.
Opened in March 1998, the European Technical Center is one of two international operations for Altera; the other was founded in 1994 in Penang, Malaysia. A third design center is located at the company's headquarters in San Jose.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company, was founded in 1983 and is a worldwide leader in high-performance, high-density programmable logic devices and associated computer aided engineering (CAE) logic development tools. Programmable logic devices are semiconductor chips that offer on-site programmability to customers. The chips are programmed using tools that run on personal computers or engineering work stations. User benefits include ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. The company offers the broadest line of CMOS programmable logic devices that address high-speed, high-density, and low-power applications. Altera products serve a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, data communications, computer peripherals, and industrial applications. Altera common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR. A photograph is available at http://www.newscom.com.
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