Altera Breaks Cost Barriers; Brings MAX 3000A Devices to High-Volume Communication Applications.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2000 Altera Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR) today announced dramatic price reductions for the low-density members of its MAX(R) 3000A family of programmable logic devices (PLDs). Representing unprecedented pricing in the PLD (Programmable Logic Device) Refers to a variety of logic chips that are programmable at the customer's site, the customer being the vendor of the finished chip, not the end user. industry, the EPM EPM equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. 3032A is $1 per device and the EPM3064A is $1.95 per device, independent of quantity. This pricing represents as much as a 50 percent savings over competing products. "By offering a device as low as $1 per unit, Altera is making it possible for PLDs to be used in very-high-volume communications applications such as xDSL modems, next-generation NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. cards, set-top boxes, and Internet appliances," said Craig Leclair, Altera director of components marketing. "Hitting these price points will allow the members of the MAX 3000A family to compete in designs that were not accessible with higher-priced PLD products." The 3.3-V product-termed-based MAX 3000A device family has an enhanced ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. feature set, supports Jam(TM) STAPL STAPL Standard Test and Programming Language (Jam) STAPL Standard Template Adaptive Parallel Library and MultiVolt(TM) I/O operation, and ranges from 32 to 256 macrocells. With propagation delays as fast as 4.5 nanoseconds, MAX 3000A devices provide customers with exceptional performance at the lowest price-per-macrocell among product-term devices industry wide. Free Development Software Support MAX 3000A devices are fully compatible with E+MAX(TM) development software, Altera's full-featured development software package, which can be downloaded free from the Internet. The E+MAX development software has a host of advanced design features, including VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. and Verilog HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. synthesis, schematic design entry, timing and functional simulation, and static timing analysis. E+MAX development software can be downloaded at http://www.altera.com. Customers can also install the E+MAX software from MAX+PLUS(R) II version 9.4 CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . 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Please refer to the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, copies of which are available from the Company without charge, for further information. About Altera Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company(TM), was founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices and associated logic development software tools. Programmable logic devices are semiconductor chips that can be programmed on-site, using software tools that run on personal computers or engineering workstations. User benefits include ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. Altera's CMOS-based programmable logic devices address high-speed, high-density and low-power applications in the telecommunications, data communications, computer peripheral, and industrial markets. Altera common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.altera.com. Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, MAX, E+MAX, Jam, MultiVolt, MAX+PLUS, , and specific device designations are trademarks and/or service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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