Altera Showcases Its Embedded Portfolio at ESC 2009--Visit Altera in Booth 1044

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San Jose, Calif., March 24, 2009—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it will showcase its embedded technologies and programmable logic solutions at the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley. Altera's participation includes sponsored technical sessions, in-booth demonstrations, and a conference paper. Embedded designers will see how they can achieve a powerful competitive edge leveraging Altera’s embedded portfolio, including embedded soft processors, programmable solutions, embedded development tools and intellectual property.

What:           2009 Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley

When:          March 30–April 3, 2009

Where:        McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Calif.

Product and Solution Demonstrations:

• Embedded Processors
  • Altera's embedded soft processor portfolio, including Nios^® II processor, ARM Cortex^™-M1 processor and Freescale V1 Coldfire^® processor
  • SoC development with FPGAs using Altera's SOPC Builder tool
• Video and Image Processing
  • Reference design of a digital video data link transmitted over 10 meters
  • Image stitching and fisheye correction reference design
  • Video and image processing IP suite from Altera
• Industrial Automation and Drive Control
  • Industrial reference platform based on a Arria^® GX FPGA
  • MotionFire motor-control platform
• Development Boards and Hardware
  • Altera^® Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone^® III Edition
  • Transceiver Signal-Integrity Development Kit, Stratix^® IV GX Edition
  • Development boards and hardware from Altera partners
• Altera Partners
  • Wind River Linux support for the Nios II processor
  • Embedded IP cores from System Level Solutions
  • Representatives from Arrow Electronics and National Semiconductor will also be in Altera's booth

ESC Sponsored Session Topics:

• Designing Embedded Systems With FPGAs
  Presented by Rodney Frazer, Altera
  March 31, from 3:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m. in room C1
  April 1, from 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. in room K
  
• Designing ARM Embedded Systems in Altera FPGAs and ASICs
  Presented by Steven Kravatsky, Arrow Electronics
  March 31, from 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. in room C1
  April 1, from 3:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m. in room K
  
• Building Embedded Video Systems With FPGAs
  Presented by Suhel Dhanani and Xiaofei Dong, Altera
  April 1, from 8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. in room K
  April 1, from 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. in room K

Conference Paper – Aerospace and Military Track:

• Fail-Safe FPGA Design Features for High-Reliability Systems
  Presented by Paul Quintana, Altera
  April 2, from 3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. in room C2

For additional information on Altera's participation at the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference, visit www.altera.com/education/events/northamerica/evt-esc-2009.html.

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