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For Release: December 6, 1999
Altera Intellectual Property MegaStore Web Site Open for E-Business
- Intellectual Property (IP) MegaStore™ Web Site Provides Shrink-Wrapped
Solutions for High-Density Logic Design
- Brings the Benefits of High-Performance Cores to Mainstream Designers
- E-Commerce Capability Allows North American Designers to Instantly Purchase
IP Cores and Tools
San Jose, Calif., December 6, 1999 -- Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today
revealed the availability on the Altera web site of the Intellectual Property
(IP) MegaStore site, located at IP MegaStore.
The IP MegaStore web site makes easy-to-implement IP solutions available to
all designers, from core identification and selection, through modification,
verification, and now in North America, licensing of the product. In a related
announcement, licensing can now be instantly accomplished through the Altera
Programmable eStore.
In the past, robust IP solutions have been largely the purview of either high-end
ASIC designers or only the most sophisticated PLD users. Now any customer with
an Internet connection can obtain the benefits of using Altera IP megafunctions
in their designs.
Altera's e-commerce enabled IP MegaStore web site was developed with the concept
that all designers need access to sophisticated IP functions, and that choosing
and buying IP cores should be as easy as visiting a store. The IP MegaStore
web site is arranged to make it easy for the designer to find what he or she
is looking for, offers a broad selection of packaged products, and allows the
designer to touch and evaluate the products before deciding whether to make
a purchase. Once a selection is made, the IP MegaStore web site features fast
credit card purchasing through the Altera Programmable eStore.
"Altera offers a broad portfolio of fully optimized, shrink-wrapped, and easy
to use intellectual property solutions," said Justin Cowling, Altera senior
IP marketing manager. "The IP MegaStore web site will extend the availability
of programmable logic IP within the logic design community, providing even more
customers with a sure-fire solution that delivers high performance and quick
time to market."
About the IP MegaStore Web Site
Upon arrival at the IP MegaStore web site, the designer uses the MegaSearch
search engine to help select the appropriate function. The OpenCore™ feature
allows the designer to download the function for a free test drive evaluation
in the target design. The core can be parameterized and fully verified with
either Altera's Quartus™ development tool suite, or a supported third-party
simulator before being licensed. In North America, the designer may then purchase
the core using a credit card at Altera's Programmable eStore site.
"Altera's OpenCore evaluation feature seamlessly and efficiently allows us
to perform 'what-if' scenarios for a range of core-based designs," said Jon
Brabender, engineering program manager, Rockwell Automation. "This 'free test
drive' will free up time and resources and enable our design teams to effectively
evaluate a range of IP before actually committing to a purchase."
Parameterized Megafunctions via MegaWizard™ Plug-In Manager
Altera is the first PLD vendor to offer customers the capability to specify
megafunction parameters to meet system requirements, greatly reducing the time
spent designing a custom function. The MegaWizard Plug-In capability is available
in both Altera's fourth-generation Quartus development environment and in the
MAX+PLUS® II development system.
The Quartus software was developed to support system-level designs and features
good-as-native links to industry-leading third-party tools from Exemplar Logic,
Model Technology, Synopsys,
Synplicity,
Viewlogic, and other leading EDA vendors. In addition, designers will be able
to use the SignalTap logic analysis tool for in-system hardware debugging.
The Quartus software version 1999.10 supports major operating systems, including
Windows NT version 4.0, Windows 98 on PCs, the Solaris 2.6 operating system
on Sun SPARCstations, and the HP-UX operating system. Annual subscription for
the Altera Development tools is $2,000 for a node-locked PC license, which includes
full-featured Quartus and MAX+PLUS II development software and 12 months of
software upgrades. Subscription licenses for new or existing customers may be
obtained instantly via the Programmable eStore.
Safe Harbor Notice
This press release contains "forward looking statements" which are made pursuant
to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward looking statements are generally preceded by words such as
"expects," "believes," "anticipates," "projects," or "intends." Investors are
cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release involve risks
and uncertainty, including without limitation the risks that the Company's products
will not satisfy customer demands or that the product will not ship as scheduled.
Please refer to the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, copies
of which are available from the Company without charge, for further information.
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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