Altera Launches SOPC Design Conference 2002

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

What: As designers search for alternatives to the high cost of ASIC development, Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) is launching the SOPC Design Conference to present application techniques and the cost and time-to-market benefits of programmable logic solutions. The SOPC Design Conference will focus on application techniques of programmable logic and will offer a variety of technical sessions that cover today's technology innovations. Altera will be taking the system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) message to nine cities around the United States and Canada.

    Dates and Locations

     Date          City                       Location
     Oct. 24       Richardson, Texas          Radisson Hotel
     Oct. 29       Santa Clara, Calif.        Santa Clara Marriott
     Oct. 30       Broomfield, Colo.          Omni Interlocken Hotel
     Nov. 4        Tinton Falls, N.J.         Holiday Inn
     Nov. 5        Westford, Mass.            Westford Regency Inn
     Nov. 6        Gaithersburg, Md.          Hilton Gaithersburg
     Nov. 7        Kanata, Ontario            Corel Centre
     Nov. 8        Irvine, Calif.             Irvine Marriott
     Nov. 12       Santa Clara, Calif.        Santa Clara Marriott
     Nov. 14       Schaumburg, Ill.           Radisson Schaumburg

    For additional information, visit http://www.altera.com/sopcdesign.

    Media Contact:   Bruce Fienberg       Ami Dorrell
                     Altera Corporation   Altera Corporation
                     (408) 544-6866       (408) 544-6879
                     bfienber@altera.com   adorrell@altera.com