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Archive Releases - Year 1999


  • Earnings Releases
  • Corporate Releases
  • Product Releases
  • Partner Releases

    Earnings Releases

    Year

    April 1999

  • Altera Reports Record First Quarter '99 Results, Sales Increase 8% Sequentially, Net Income Up 11% Sequentially, April 14, 1999
  • Altera Makes Replay of Management's Conference Call Commentary Available on Website, April 14, 1999

    January 1999

  • Altera Reports Record Fourth Quarter & Annual Results, Sequential Results for the Fourth Quarter - Sales Increase 5% with Net Income up 6%, January 20, 1999

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    Corporate News

    Year

    December 1999

  • Altera is the First Programmable Logic Company Selected for Compaq Golden Master Program, December 13, 1999

    November 1999

  • Altera Honored With Prestigious Manufacturer Award from the National Electronic Distributors Association, November 22, 1999
  • Altera CEO Plans Retirement, November 18, 1999
  • Altera Files Suit Against Clear Logic For Unlawful Use Of Altera's Technology, November 16, 1999
  • Altera Sweepstakes Winner Donates $20,000 Prize To Marshall Elementary School In Oakland, Calif. , November 9, 1999

    October 1999

  • Altera Acquires IP Provider Hammercores, Inc., October 11, 1999
  • Cypress and Altera Ink PLD Agreement, October 5, 1999

    September 1999

  • Altera Corporation Software Engineering Department Expands in Santa Cruz, September 24, 1999
  • Altera Remains Confident it will meet Customer Demand, September 21, 1999

    June 1999

  • Altera Sponsors Unique "$20K for APEX 20K" Programmable Logic Sweepstakes, June 15, 1999
  • Altera Acquires Boulder Creek Engineering, June 1, 1999
  • Altera Supports JEDEC's Approval of the Standard Test and Programming Language (STAPL), June 1, 1999

    April 1999

  • Altera Announces Stock Split, April 21, 1999

    March 1999

  • Logic Designers Embrace Altera FLEX 6000 Devices in High Volume Applications, March 16, 1999
  • Altera and Synopsys Sign Exclusive Partnership to Deliver Benefits of Programmable Logic to ASIC Designers, March 15, 1999
  • Altera Achieves ISP Leadership in Programmable Logic Device Market, March 8, 1999

    February 1999

  • Altera Awards $10,000 Grand Prize for Employee Referral, February 22, 1999

    January 1999

  • Altera Pays Employees $8.75 Million In Profit Sharing and Bonuses , January 21, 1999
  • Altera Schedules Technical Seminars on Design Methodology for Multimillion-Gate PLDs, January 19, 1999

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    Product Releases

    Year

    December 1999

  • Altera Announces PCI-X Intellectual Property Core for Programmable Logic, December 13, 1999
  • Altera Ships 64-Bit, 66-MHz PCI Development Kit, December 13, 1999
  • Altera Upgrade to MAX+PLUS II Enhances Support for Programmable Logic Device Families, December 13, 1999
  • Altera Programmable eStore Offers Convenience and Ease-of-Use to Logic Designers, December 6, 1999
  • Altera Intellectual Property MegaStore Web Site Open for E-Business, December 6, 1999
  • Altera Ships Two New Parameterizable UTOPIA Level 2 Communication Cores, December 6, 1999

    November 1999

  • Altera Announces First PCI-X Core for PLDs From Newest AMPP Partner, DCM Technologies, November 29, 1999
  • Altera Announces Premier Echo Canceller Intellectual Property Core for VoIP Applications, November 3, 1999
  • Altera Ships First 0.18-Micron APEX 20KE for SOPC-Based Communications Design, November 1, 1999

    October 1999

  • Altera and PLD Applications Unveil PLD Industry's First Full Hot Swap CompactPCI Board, October 4, 1999

    September 1999

  • Altera and Tensilica Announce the Xtensa Microprocessor Core Now Available for APEX Devices, September 29, 1999
  • Altera and New AMPP Partner ARC Cores Announce Configurable RISC Processor For APEX 20K Devices, September 27, 1999
  • Altera Announces System-on-a-Programmable-Chip Development Board, September 27, 1999
  • Altera Debuts Low-Cost ACE PLD Family for High-Volume Communications & Computing Applications September 20, 1999
  • Altera Ships First PLD in FineLine BGA Package Using Flip-Chip Technology September 20, 1999
  • Altera Upgrades FIR Filter Compiler Design Solution September 20, 1999
  • Altera Ships Two New Intellectual Property Cores Targeting the Communications Market September 13, 1999
  • Altera Announces UTOPIA Level 2 Cores From Newest AMPP Partner, Applied Microelectronics September 13, 1999
  • Altera Ships Lowest-Cost 30,000-Gate FLEX 10K Device And Completes FLEX 10KE Family Rollout September 7, 1999

    August 1999

  • Altera Ships APEX EP20K200 PLD for High Performance Applications August 9, 1999

    July 1999

  • Altera's Quartus 1999.06 Development System Enables Million-Gate PLD Design July 12, 1999

    June 1999

  • Altera Upgrades MAX+PLUS II to Version 9.3; Reduces Compile Time Significantly June 21, 1999
  • Altera Ships APEX EP20K100 for High Performance System-on-a-Programmable-Chip Designs June 14, 1999

    May 1999

  • Altera Ships a Complete FIR Compiler Design Solution May 10, 1999

    April 1999

  • Altera Announces Two Enhanced, High-Density MAX 7000A Devices
  • Altera Migrates 130,000-Gate FLEX 10K Device To Fast, 0.22-Micron Process Technology
  • Altera Ships APEX 20K, Programmable Logic Industry's First System-on-a-Programmable-Chip Solution
  • Altera and Northwest Logic Design Announce Combination SDRAM Controller and PCI Core

    March 1999

  • Altera Ships First 0.22-Micron, 100,000-Gate FLEX 10K Device
  • Altera and PLD Applications Begin Shipping 64-Bit, 66 MHz PCI Cores for Programmable Logic Devices

    February 1999

  • Altera Updates MAX+PLUS II to Support New FLEX 10K Device Features
  • Altera Raises Bar on FLEX 10K Performance with Embedded Phased-Locked Loop
  • Altera & Tensilica Announce Configurable Processor Development System

    January 1999

  • Altera Unveils 64-Bit, 66-MHz PCI Compliant FLEX 10KE and Two Megafunctions January 11, 1999

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    Partner Releases

    Year

    September 1999

  • Altera and GOEPEL electronic announce the world's first tools for Jam STAPL support, released by GOEPEL September 24, 1999
  • System General and Exatron Announce Jam Programmer/Handler, released by System General, Inc. September 7, 1999

    July 1999

  • Tensilica Closes Third Funding Round, released by Tensilica Inc. July 26, 1999
  • Corelis Introduces Support for Jam STAPL, released by Corelis, Inc. July 1, 1999

    March 1999

  • JEDEC Subcommittee Approves Standard Test and Programming Language, released by EIA - Electronics Industries Alliance March 19, 1999

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