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Altera and Barco Silex Partner to Provide System-On-A-Programmable-Chip Design Services
LOUVAIN LA NEUVE, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2001--Barco
Silex, a micro-electronic design house, and Altera Corporation
(Nasdaq:ALTR), a leading supplier of programmable logic devices
(PLDs), today announced a partnership that will provide customers with
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) design services. Barco Silex has
become a member of Altera's Certified Design Center (CDC) program and
will provide system-integration design service which involves
intellectual property (IP) integration and Altera's new Excalibur(TM)
embedded processor solutions.
``As an Altera Certified Design Center partner, Barco Silex will
bring its system-on-chip (SoC) expertise to the SOPC world,'' said
Craig Lytle, Altera vice president of the intellectual property
business unit. ``Barco Silex will enable customers to integrate
embedded processors, intellectual property (IP), and their own
customized logic into a single programmable device.'' As an
ARM-Approved Design Center, Barco Silex has the expertise to deploy
Altera's Excalibur embedded processor solutions, which combine logic,
memory and a Nios(TM), ARM®-based or MIPS®-based embedded
processor core. Additionally, Altera will provide Barco Silex with
in-depth training on its range of SOPC product solutions.
With the ability to offer both design services as well as IP,
Barco Silex will benefit customers by acting as a single point of
contact for SOPC designs to substantially reduce time-to-market and
system cost. ``The CDC program allows the customer to address their
need for a single point of contact, with SoC expertise,'' said Thierry
Watteyne, founder and general manager of Barco Silex. ``This results in
a time-to-market, or shall we say, rush-to-money design realization.''
``The partnership with Altera can be seen as a continuation of our
expertise and strategy with ARM-based designs,'' said Geert Decorte,
Barco Silex European marketing manager. ``We are pleased to be a part
of the CDC program.''
About Barco Silex
Barco Silex is a micro-electronic design house belonging to the
Belgian Barco electronic group and having his offices in Belgium close
to the Belgian capital Brussels and France in the region of Aix-en
Provence. Currently, Barco Silex is an ARM Approved Design Centre.
More information on BARCO SILEX can be obtained on
http://www.barco-silex.com.
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.
Note to Editors: Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company,
Excalibur, Nios, and specific device designations are trademarks
and/or service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other
countries. ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. MIPS is a
registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective holders
Contact:
Altera Corporation
Bruce Fienberg, 408/544-6866
bfienber@altera.com
or
PR21
Laura Margolis, 312/396-0526
laura.margolis@pr21.com
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