For Release: June 25, 2001
Spike Technologies Takes Chip Design To The Next Level in Partnership with Altera
Expert Design Services of Spike Available Through Altera Consultant Alliance Program
San Jose, Calif., June 25, 2001 -- Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Spike Technologies, Inc., a Milpitas, Calif. custom chip design company, announced today that the companies have entered into a partnership agreement through the Altera Consultant Alliance Program (ACAP®). Leveraging Altera's pioneering system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions, the partnership gives Altera customers access to unparalleled engineering expertise for the rapid development of systems from concept, through design and synthesis, and into testing and integration.
Spike Technologies has built a reputation as an expert engineering design house for complex product design utilizing Altera PLDs. Spike's areas of expertise include buses and interfaces, processors and peripherals, especially within telecom and datacom applications. Altera understands that high-tech companies require specialized skills and immediate resources to keep pace with today's market dynamics and chose Spike to be part of ACAP based on its proven ability to deliver crucial time-to-market solutions.
"This partnership with Altera will help us conquer the technical challenges our customers face using the most sophisticated programmable logic technology available," said Pradeep Vajram, COO of Spike Technologies. "Endorsed by this partnership, our expert knowledge of Altera's SOPC solutions including architectures, software, and IP cores allows Spike to provide unsurpassed custom chip design services for our mutual customers," he added.
"We are delighted to collaborate with an established service provider such as Spike as our newest ACAP partner," said Craig Lytle, vice president of Altera's intellectual property business unit. "Their valuable experience with Altera SOPC solutions will help our mutual customers develop cutting-edge applications."
Altera recognizes that increasing PLD densities drive more complex designs, which in turn increases the need for technical customer support. Through ACAP, Altera is able to identify expert design consultants and refer their services and expertise to customers through Altera's broad marketing and sales channels.
About ACAP
Altera created the Altera Consultants Alliance Program to provide Altera customers with superior engineering consultants who possess expertise in Altera's device SOPC product solutions and a proven ability to accelerate complex PLD design schedules to facilitate customer time-to-market needs. Altera's ACAP is made up of a diverse group of consultants who can help Altera customers accelerate their design cycle times. ACAP consultants are required to attend training sessions provided by Altera.
About Spike Technologies
Spike Technologies, Inc., (http://www.spiketech.com) was founded in 1994 and has established itself as a Custom Chip Design company specializing in ASIC, FPGA, Custom Layout & Circuit Design, and EDA Tools development. Spike is a Preferred Design Partner for some of the top technology companies in the world and has the ability and experience in providing quality solutions for all phases of VLSI design.
Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. with a state-of-the-art Design Center in Bangalore, India, Spike's expertise ranges from accomplishing fast and accurate implementation of a single VLSI design to the composite task of building multi-million gate system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Spike has delivered expert design skill, dedicated professional project management, and the quality and integrity expected from a truly world-class organization.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company®, was founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores, system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the Internet at http://www.altera.com.
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