Altera Establishes Industry's First Embedded Software IP Partnership Program
New Program Enhances System-on-a-Programmable-Chip (SOPC) Solutions by Offering Industry Leading Software Intellectual Property (IP)
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2001--
Engineers designing systems around integrated processors and
programmable logic devices (PLDs), such Altera Corporation's
(Nasdaq:ALTR - news) ARM®-based Excalibur(TM) embedded processor solution,
now have direct access to the software required for supporting complex
system-on-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Today, Altera unveiled
the Altera Megafunction Partnership Program (AMPP(SM)) for Software.
In conjunction with its Excalibur embedded processor strategy, Altera
recognizes the need to provide its customers access to
state-of-the-art application code, protocol stacks, and other embedded
processor software-based intellectual property (IP).
"Altera is addressing the complex engineering development needs of
customers as they develop a complete SOPC solution," said Craig Lytle,
vice president of the IP business unit at Altera. "The addition of the
AMPP Software program allows Altera to be a one-stop shop for both IP
and software applications."
Members of Altera's new AMPP for Software inlcude HelloSoft Inc.
(www.hellosoft.com), Future Software Ltd (www.futsoft.com), and Ncomm,
Inc. (www.ncomm.com). The AMPP Software partners will augment the
existing Altera AMPP partners, which consist of Hardware Description
Language (HDL)-based IP providers. A customer utilizing the resources
available through both of these programs in conjunction with Altera's
Excalibur devices will be able to achieve faster time-to-market with
their end-systems by being able to easily implement software
applications IP as well as hardware IP.
"By working with Altera to bring HelloSoft's software expertise
and IP to the SOPC arena, we can accelerate the path from design
through implementation," said Krishna Yarlagadda, president and chief
executive officer of HelloSoft Corporation. "Among the many benefits
for our mutual customers is the significant reduction in the time it
takes to develop and deliver products to market."
Altera AMPP for Software
Along with the ability to serve worldwide customers, AMPP Software
partners were selected by Altera based on their strong track records
in software development and embedded processor knowledge. In addition,
Altera will provide AMPP Software partners with in-depth technical
training on Altera's entire portfolio of SOPC product solutions. Thus,
AMPP Software partners will enable SOPC designers to more smoothly
deploy Altera's Excalibur embedded processor solutions -- which
combine logic, memory and a Nios(TM) and ARM-based processor core --
in addition to Altera's catalog of IP cores and APEX(TM), APEX II or
Mercury(TM) devices.
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.
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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. ARM is a registered
trademark of ARM Limited. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective holders.
Contact:
Altera Corporation
Ami Dorrell, 408/544-6879
adorrell@altera.com
OR
PR21
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matthew.stotts@pr21.com
