Intel Announces Strategic Investment by Silver Lake in Altera
Intel to sell 51% of Altera to Silver Lake, valuing the FPGA leader at $8.75B. The move establishes Altera as the largest pure-play FPGA company, driving innovation in AI, edge computing, and next-gen programmable solutions.
Press Releases
January 14, 2025
New Partner Program to Accelerate FPGA Solutions Development
Altera launched the Altera Solution Acceleration Partner (ASAP) Program. This ecosystem of trusted partners delivers the resources and support to ensure companies have the necessary tools to solve their complex design challenges and compete in today’s rapidly evolving market.
Apr. 1, 2025
Altera Starts Production Shipments of Industry’s Highest Memory Bandwidth FPGA
The Agilex 7 FPGA M-Series is now shipping—delivering up to 1 TBps memory bandwidth with integrated HBM2E and support for DDR5 and LPDDR5. With over 3.8 million logic elements and advanced transceivers, it's optimized for AI, data center, 5G, broadcast, and high-speed test and measurement applications.
Apr 8. 2025
Altera Launches Altera University to Equip Students with Industry-ready FPGA Skills
By providing access to industry-grade FPGA tools and comprehensive curriculum, Altera enables educators to accelerate hands-on learning and better prepare students for real-world design challenges.
March 1, 2025
Altera to Showcase the Programmable Innovations at Embedded World 2025
At Embedded World 2025, Altera launches Agilex™ 3, Agilex™ 5 E-Series, and new MAX® 10 FPGA packages—bringing AI acceleration, real-time control, and compact form factors to intelligent edge and embedded applications across robotics, industrial, and medical markets.
Featured Blogs
10 Benefits of Creating Your Own Custom Controller in a MAX® 10 FPGA
February 5, 2025
The MAX® 10 FPGA is a single-chip universal solution. Just provide 3.3V, and you have a chip that can be almost anything you want it to be, even if you don’t know what you want when you ship it. With quality and reliability suitable for automotive usage and an estimated life cycle out to year 2040, this is one FPGA you can design with now and for the long term.
Boosting Performance with FPGA AI Suite Latest Enhancements
February 4, 2025
Enhance your product security with Altera’s Agilex™ FPGAs, featuring industry-leading capabilities like the Secure Device Manager (SDM). From design and data security to supply chain protection, Altera’s FPGAs offer robust, built-in solutions to meet today’s stringent requirements. Secure your next project effortlessly.
Robust Full-Lifecycle Security with Altera FPGAs
December 20, 2024
Enhance your product security with Altera’s Agilex™ FPGAs, featuring industry-leading capabilities like the Secure Device Manager (SDM). From design and data security to supply chain protection, Altera’s FPGAs offer robust, built-in solutions to meet today’s stringent requirements. Secure your next project effortlessly.
Improve Power Efficiency and Performance with LPDDR5 and DDR5 on Agilex™ 5 FPGAs
December 11, 2024
Intel and Altera announced new edge-optimized processors and FPGAs at Embedded World, extending AI capabilities into edge computing for industries like retail, healthcare, and automotive. The Agilex™ 5 FPGAs offer best-in-class performance per watt, supporting various applications with AI integration.
