Altera Presents Its $2 RISC Processor at the Embedded Systems Conference In San Francisco

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- What: Altera Corp. will highlight its $2 Nios(R) reconfigurable RISC processor at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco this week. Altera's Nios embedded processor and low-cost Cyclone(TM) devices combine to deliver the industry's most cost-effective embedded processing solution available today. Altera's system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions allow designers to define and automate the development of complete embedded processing applications. Altera's SOPC Builder system development tool leverages low-cost Cyclone and high-performance Stratix(TM) FPGA families and SOPC Builder-ready intellectual property (IP) cores, including the popular Nios soft-core embedded processor, providing an easy-to-use, powerful platform for system design. The availability of Altera and partner development kits and extensive suite of debug and real-time operating system (RTOS) support complete the delivery of Altera's solutions. Altera will fully explore the capabilities of these solutions at a technical session titled "General Purpose Ethernet Messaging Applications." When: Technical Session: Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Conference: April 22 -- 26, 2003 Where: SOPC Solutions: Booth #1226 Technical Presentation: Room 307 Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street San Francisco, Calif. 94103

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