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For Release: November 15, 2006

Altera Announces Winners of the Nios II Embedded Processor Design Contest 2006

First Place Teams Exhibit Winning Designs at Altera’s SOPC World 2006 Asia Pacific

Hong Kong, November 15, 2006—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the winning designs of the Nios® II Embedded Processor Design Contest 2006. First prize winners include design teams from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, I-Shou University in Taiwan, National Institute of Technology, Trichy in India, and Kwangwoon University in Korea. The winning teams will be showcasing their innovative designs at Altera’s annual SOPC World in Asia Pacific this month.

The annual Nios II Embedded Processor Design contest helps hundreds of young design engineers gain hands-on programmable logic and embedded processor design experience in preparation for real-world advanced system design. This year’s contest attracted 484 entries with 34 teams receiving awards totaling US$20,000.

“Encouraging creativity in education results in even more innovation in the real world,” said David Shen, vice president and managing director of Altera Asia Pacific. “Every year, we marvel at the creativity of the young engineers, and choosing the winners is always a difficult task. We appreciate the participation of all the design teams and encourage them to keep the fires of innovation burning.”

Winning entries from the Nios II Embedded Processor Design Contest will be exhibited at the following SOPC World 2006 Asia Pacific dates and locations:

Date Location Winning Design Winning University
October 31, 2006 Chengdu, China Remote Portable Full-Function Logic Analyzer Huazhong University of Science and Technology
November 8, 2006 Seoul, Korea Unattended Wireless Search Robot Kwangwoon University
November 10, 2006 Taipei, Taiwan The Design of High-Security Network Systems I-Shou University
November 16, 2006 Bangalore, India SOPC Implementation of Software Defined Radio National Institute of Technology, Trichy

About Altera’s University Program

Altera’s University Program is in its tenth year of providing support for the advancement of computer science and electrical engineering education. The program equips professors and students in undergraduate and graduate courses with the programmable logic-based curriculum and tools necessary for the training and development of advanced system design. To date, Altera has trained more than 30,000 engineers around the world and the program is rapidly expanding. For more information, visit www.altera.com/education/univ/unv-index.html.

About Altera

Altera’s programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more at www.altera.com.

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Editor Contacts:
 
Rebecca Tang
Altera-Asia Pacific
+852 2945 7033 (Hong Kong)
rtang@altera.com


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