Leapfrog
"The MAX II device helps us stay competitive in the extremely price-sensitive consumer electronics market. We have been able to implement the digital signal processing more economically than with alternative solutions and reduce costs at the manufacturing level."
Mike Chai
Senior Vice President of Research and Development
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
"Altera's low-cost programmable logic devices provide us with the right features for our digital video camera recorders. In addition to their low cost and high performance, the low power consumption of MAX II CPLDs is especially attractive. We will be using the EPM240 devices we have received in our DVCPRO VariCam for HD Cinema camera recorder."
Shinji Takemoto
Senior Engineer
Systems Business Group Technology Center
Panasonic AVC Networks Company
Hypercom
“MAX II CPLDs provide us with a low-cost, power-efficient means for implementing multiple functions in our point-of-sale terminals. Adopting them for our Optimum L4100 POS and M2100 wireless POS terminals reduces design complexity, minimizes board space, and lowers our manufacturing expenses. In some cases where we would have chosen an FPGA and the corresponding two-chip solution in the past, we have been able to achieve a single-chip solution with MAX II CPLDs, while retaining the ability to deliver in-field upgrades by updating the programmable logic device.”
Mike Cargile
Director, Hardware Development
National Instruments
"We chose MAX II devices for our new NI CompactRIO embedded system modules because of their low cost, small size, and extended temperature range. The MAX II CPLDs are an example of the kind of state-of-the-art technology that enables CompactRIO to deliver a low price point for high-volume embedded machine control applications."
Brian MacCleery
Industrial Control & Measurements Group Manager
Inter-Coastal Electronics
"Of all the component solutions we evaluated, MAX II devices were the best fit for our Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems (MILES)-compatible battery-powered wireless laser sensor. The low power consumption, short power-up times, high value, and density offerings of the MAX II devices met our needs and cost constraints perfectly. In addition, the Quartus II software tool enabled us to complete our design in a short amount of time in a very efficient manner."
Mark Chaildin
Systems Engineer
Anritsu Company
“The integration, power consumption, and cost advantages of MAX II devices help us offer the most advanced, ultra-portable vector and network analyzers that define the standard for the industry. We are broadening our use of Altera’s other low-cost products to extend these benefits to several of our product lines.”
Art Konynenberg
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Microwave Division
Roku Labs
"Altera's CPLDs enable us to deliver leading-edge innovation in the shortest amount of time and at low cost, which is critical in the extremely competitive consumer market. Our SoundBridge M500, original M1000, and M2000 products benefit from MAX CPLDs, and we have adopted MAX II CPLDs for our Wi-Fi Media Streaming Modules to bring networked music and display features to a wide array of consumer products."
Greg Garner
Director of Hardware Engineering
ZAPiT Games
"The flexibility and low cost of Altera MAX II CPLDs enabled us to achieve our goal of developing a unique and affordable gaming system. The design freedom afforded by Altera’s solution allowed us to leverage standard components to minimize costs, while achieving high-end functionality normally attainable only with more costly devices."
Christopher Locke
Executive Producer
UTStarcom, Inc.
"We have received our first MAX II devices and are integrating them into our AN-2000 IB IP DSLAM. The low cost, high capacity, and low power consumption of MAX II devices will enable us to increase the cost-effectiveness of our broadband-data service-delivery solutions."
Jerry Soloway
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Splashpower
"We have received our first EPM240 devices and we look forward to integrating them into products using Splashpower wireless power. We have been very impressed with the devices and Altera's tools and support. The MAX II devices meet our requirements well and will help us deliver a convenient new way of powering mobile devices without wires to a global user base."
Pilgrim Beart
Vice President, Research & Development
Industrial Indexing Systems, Inc.
"Now that we have our first MAX II devices in hand, we will use them to reduce costs and power consumption in the next generation of our Emerald EMC-2000 Motion Controller for industrial and manufacturing applications. The high capacity of MAX II devices allows us to integrate smaller CPLDs into a single device, which will streamline our design and reduce board space."
Scott Morrill
Engineering Manager
Exavio, Inc.
"We will be using the MAX II devices in our upcoming ExaMax MS Media Intelligent Network Platform, which for the first time enables real-time, multi-user collaborative HD video and 2k/4k digital film creation and editing within a heterogeneous network environment. The rich feature set and user-programmable flash memory in MAX II devices provide us with the tools to create a truly disruptive technology that will deliver new workflow and network infrastructure efficiencies to the digital media market."
John Ding, PhD
Vice President & Chief Architect
Performance Technology, Inc.
"We have used Altera MAX CPLDs for years because of their ease-of-use, in-circuit reprogrammability, and low cost. In our next-generation WAN products, Altera's MAX II family makes it possible to implement our designs with the added advantages of significant power savings, higher logic density, board space reduction, and substantially lower cost. Also, since we can accomplish all of this within the familiar Quartus II development environment, we gain the benefits of using a new product family while maintaining the time-to-market advantages of using a well-established design flow."
George Rideout
Hardware Engineering Manager for WAN Products
Heidelberg Digital
"The MAX II family should increase our use of programmable logic. It will be a good fit for some of our machine control and circuits that were traditionally done in discrete logic. Our group is looking forward to using these parts."
Brian Mix
Senior Staff Engineer
Arris International, Inc.
"With more than double the logic capacity of previous MAX CPLDs and new board management features, the MAX II device family will allow us to add more functionality to our cable modem termination system products."
Aaron Stoddard
Hardware Engineer
Maxim Integrated Products
"Altera's MAX CPLDs are ideal for interfacing to our high-speed I2C-compatible data converters such as the MAX1169, 16-bit ADC. Our evaluation kits use the CPLDs as high-speed I2C-compatible masters that can be controlled by a standard microcontroller with an 8-bit memory-mapped parallel interface. Altera's MAX CPLD saved us design time and reduced our time-to-market. Compared to the MAX CPLD and other CPLDs on the market, Altera's MAX II CPLDs offer even higher density, reduced power consumption, and lower cost, making them even more attractive for our application."
Chris M. Mostoller
Director, Business Management
Signal Processing and Conversion
OPW Fuel Management Systems
"We intend to use MAX II CPLDs in our fuel management system products to provide us with increased design flexibility. MAX II CPLDs will allow us lock our pin assignments and finish our board layout early in the PLD design process without compromising performance."
Ian Jarvie
Hardware Group Manager
Linear Technology Corporation
"With Linear Technology's leadership position in advanced power management products, we understand the complexities involved in providing highly-efficient power solutions that also effectively manage the supply sequencing requirements of next-generation, multi-voltage supply rail systems. We are very excited by the performance and cost benefits that Altera's MAX II family will provide and are pleased to offer complementary products to maximize value to our customers."
Tony Armstrong
Product Marketing Manager
Power Business Unit
Lowrey Organ Company
"We use MAX CPLDs for I/O expansion to drive the visual displays in our elite series organs because they offer the most cost-effective solution for general-purpose I/O. We look forward to using Altera's MAX II device family, which will deliver even greater cost advantages for our products."
Don Schild
Systems Engineer
