Altera Sweepstakes Winner Donates $20,000 Prize To Marshall Elementary School In Oakland, Calif.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1999-- Altera Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR) today announced that Carlin car·line or car·lin n. Scots A woman, especially an old one. [Middle English kerling, from Old Norse, from karl, man.] Vieri, MicroDisplay Corporation senior VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. engineer, is the winner of the "$20K for APEX(TM) 20K" sweepstakes. Carlin will receive a new 3Com Palm VII organizer and Altera Corporation will make a $20,000 charitable donation in Carlin's name to the charity of his choosing, Marshall Elementary School Marshall Elementary School is an elementary school located in Wexford, Pennsylvania. Part of the North Allegheny School District, it serves students in grades K-5. External link
"Altera is pleased to take part in this opportunity to enhance primary education, especially within our local community," said Cliff Tong, Altera vice president of product marketing. "The winner's donation will help the current and future students of Marshall Elementary School to advance in the highly important fields of math and science." "It was extremely important to me that this donation encourage and improve children's math and science learning," said Carlin Vieri, MicroDisplay senior VLSI engineer. "After carefully researching various schools, I choose Marshall Elementary School both to improve their technology-based resources and because this donation will have a particularly significant impact at the school." "We are thrilled that Carlin has selected Marshall Elementary School as the recipient of this generous donation," said Celestine cel·es·tine n. See celestite. [German Zölestin, from Latin caelestis, celestial; see celestial.] Watkins, Marshall Elementary School principal. "With the donation we plan to create a computer lab for the students, to help them better understand current technology." About the "$20K for APEX(TM) 20K" Sweepstakes Named after the company's APEX 20K family of programmable logic devices (PLDs), this unique "$20K for APEX 20K" sweepstakes was open to programmable logic designers and design managers. The APEX 20K embedded 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. family offers breakthrough integration of entire complex systems onto a single programmable chip. About MicroDisplay Corporation MicroDisplay manufactures miniature information displays for portable consumer electronics and projection devices. These displays offer all of the benefits of a high-resolution display, while consuming very little power and coming in a small package. MicroDisplay miniature displays exploit liquid crystal on silicon Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS or LCoS) is a "micro-projection" or "micro-display" technology typically applied in projection televisions. It is a reflective technology similar to DLP projectors; however, it uses liquid crystals instead of individual mirrors. technology, featuring the integration of a tiny, active matrix liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. with on-chip driver and decoding circuitry. More about MicroDisplay can be found at the company web site: www.microdisplay.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 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. Note to Editors: Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, APEX, 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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