For Release: November 9, 1999
Altera Sweepstakes Winner Donates $20,000 Prize
To Marshall Elementary School In Oakland, Calif.
- Carlin Vieri Was Picked as the Winner of the "$20K for APEX 20K" Sweepstakes
- Altera Makes a $20,000 Charitable Donation in Carlin's Name to Marshall Elementary School
San Jose, Calif., November 9, 1999-- Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced that Carlin Vieri, MicroDisplay Corporation senior VLSI engineer, is the winner of the "$20K for APEXTM 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 located in Oakland, California. From a list of possible charitable organizations, Carlin chose to donate the money to his local school district. A ceremony to present the school with the donation will take place at the Oakland Unified School District board meeting on Wednesday, November 10, 1999. Marshall Elementary School plans to use the donation towards the purchase of resources to improve the math and science education of the students.
"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 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 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 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 technology, featuring the integration of a tiny, active matrix liquid crystal display 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™, was founded in 1983 and is a worldwide leader in high-performance, high-density programmable logic devices and associated computer aided engineering (CAE) logic development tools. Programmable logic devices are semiconductor chips that offer on-site programmability to customers. The chips are programmed using tools that run on personal computers or engineering work stations. User benefits include ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. The company offers the broadest line of CMOS programmable logic devices that address high-speed, high-density, and low-power applications. Altera products serve a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, data communications, computer peripherals, and industrial applications. Altera common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR.
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