Altera Names New General Counsel; Katherine Schuelke Promoted; C. Wendell Bergere Retiring.

Business Editors

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001

Altera (Nasdaq:ALTR) today announced the promotion of Katherine E. Schuelke to vice president, general counsel and secretary. C. Wendell Bergere, who has been Altera's vice president, general counsel and secretary since 1995 is retiring, the company also announced. Schuelke will report directly to John Daane, the company's president and CEO.

"We are very excited to welcome Kate Schuelke to Altera's executive staff," said John Daane. "Her qualifications and expertise make her the obvious choice to lead our powerful legal team as they support and execute Altera's vision."

Daane continued, "Del Bergere has been instrumental in successfully spearheading this company's legal operations. I thank him for his invaluable contribution and wish him well in his retirement."

During his 6-year tenure at Altera, C. Wendell Bergere provided leadership for all significant legal proceedings surrounding patent litigations with both Xilinx and Lattice Semiconductor, which ultimately led to the successful settlements announced earlier this year. Furthermore, he has been instrumental in the ongoing litigation with Clear Logic, Inc. Recently, Altera announced a key ruling in its favor in the Clear Logic case.

Katherine Schuelke, who until recently was Altera's assistant general counsel and assistant secretary, joined the company in 1996 and has been responsible for litigation, corporate and commercial matters, and intellectual property issues. She has a law degree from New York University School of Law and a BA degree in Economics from SUNY Buffalo, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Societies and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1986. Previously, she served as an associate attorney at Morrison and Foerster for 7 years.

About Altera

Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company(R), was founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores, system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the Internet at http://www.altera.com.

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