Altera offers device packages that are fully compliant with the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) directive controlling the content of hazardous substances in electronic equipment in Europe taking affect July 1, 2006. RoHS-compliant devices include Stratix® series FPGAs, Cyclone® series FPGAs, APEX™, ACEX®, FLEX®, and Mercury™ devices, MAX® series CPLDs, HardCopy® ASICs as well as configuration devices.
Product Leadership
Altera is a preeminent developer of RoHS-compliant programmable logic solutions and has been shipping environmentally friendly production devices since 2002. These devices range from Altera’s 8-pin small-outline integrated circuit (SOIC) packages to the 1,508-ball flip-chip FineLine BGA packages. Today, Altera maintains one of the most extensive RoHS-compliant product offerings in the industry.

