Altera Presents ASAT With Altera's Supplier Excellence Award `In Recognition of Consistently Superior Quality and Overall Service Performance in 1999'.

Business Editors/High-tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000

ASAT, worldwide leaders of turnkey solutions in IC package design, assembly and test, announced today that they have received recognition for superior quality and overall performance from Altera Corporation.

Altera Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR), founded in 1983, is a world leader in high-performance, high-density programmable logic devices and associated computer-aided engineering (CAE) logic development tools.

&uot;ASAT has demonstrated their commitment to customer satisfaction by improving the quality and service in 1999 indicated Tom Murchie Vice President of Operations for Altera. &uot;The ease of doing business is one of the key components in our mutual success.&uot;

&uot;Altera has doubled it's business with ASAT in '99, and has moved from a distant 3rd supplier to the No. 2 supplier. I am looking forward to continuing this journey and becoming Altera's No. 1 supplier in Year 2000,&uot; said Darrell Baker Director of Sales for ASAT Inc. &uot;We have the people, the technology and the world class facilities at ASAT to provide Altera the quality and service they expect from an assembly foundry supplier,&uot; indicated Dick Brancato, President of ASAT USA. &uot;We really appreciate the recognition and business that Altera has given us and plan to continue to keep our service orientation standards up. In addition to this most prestigious award from Altera Corporation, ASAT also received the Manufacturing Excellence Award in June 99 from Motorola's Wireless Communication Division's CDMA Operation, the Supplier-of-the-Year Award in July 99 from Exar and a Best-in-Class 1999 from Adaptec. Our commitment to continuously improve customer satisfaction shows.&uot;

About ASAT

ASAT Ltd. Hong Kong is a worldwide leader of turnkey solutions in IC package design, Assembly and Test featuring TBGA, fpBGA, LPCC, OptiPad and a wide variety of other plastic packages. Most packages are available with EDQUAD enhanced heat dissipation. Several factory locations facilitate worldwide delivery and 24 HOUR fast-turn options. ASAT factories maintain high quality standards with QS-9000 and ISO 9000 certifications and are supported by an international network of engineering and sales offices. ASAT, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of ASAT Ltd.'s services in the United States. ASAT, Inc. is located at 46335 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538, phone [phone], Fax [phone]. Website: www.asat.com.

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(R) under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.altera.com.

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