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Altera's Nios Embedded Processor Achieves Widespread Acceptance
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001--While the
competition is still at the development stage, Altera Corporation
(Nasdaq:ALTR) has shipped over 1,500 development kits worldwide for
its Nios(TM) embedded processor solution. This impressive acceptance
rate among embedded designers is bolstered by the full-featured nature
of the Nios processor product offering. For example, the Nios
processor development kit includes a complete set of commonly used
peripherals, allowing users to focus more time on their project rather
than peripheral design, as well as comprehensive tool support in the
form of an industry-standard compiler and debugger. Additionally, the
Nios processor offers Linux support, can be configured to run in
either 16- or 32-bit mode, and can be implemented in a number of
Altera device families, ranging from the low-cost ACEXTM and FLEX®
10K devices to higher-performance offerings like those from the
Mercury(TM) and APEX(TM) families. Empowered by this versatility,
embedded designers are putting the Nios processor to work in a
diversity of applications, including consumer, digital entertainment,
and networking and telecommunications products, as well as leading
edge applications like Bluetooth products.
``The Nios embedded processor worked exactly as we had hoped,'' said
Doug Rosener, director of engineering, wireless systems at Rangestar
Wireless. ``The development kit allowed us to begin designing
immediately, and our design for a Bluetooth development platform was
done in a month -- about a third of the time it would have taken with
most processor development systems. The Nios processor delivered on
its promise of being a complete, integrated solution.''
``Because the Nios soft core embedded processor is at least a year
ahead of competing solutions, our customers are enjoying the benefits
of our being first to market,'' said Anna Chiang, Altera's director of
Excalibur product marketing. ``We provide customers everything they
need to develop and ship their Nios processor-based end products now,
and as a result, it has become the industry's de-facto standard for
soft processors targeted at programmable logic. By providing
system-on-a-programmable chip solutions (SOPC) like the Nios processor
while competitive offerings are just being announced, Altera is
clearly demonstrating its time-to-market leadership.''
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, the
stylized Altera logo, specific device designations and all other words
that are identified as trademarks and/or service marks are, unless
noted otherwise, the trademarks and service marks of Altera
Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product or
service names are the property of their respective holders.
Contact:
Altera Corporation
Anna del Rosario, 408/544-7496
adelrosa@altera.com
or
PR21
Susannah Stanford, 415/369-8105
susannah.stanford@pr21.com
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