Altera Launches SOPC World 2003 in North America

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

  What:      Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today launched its SOPC World
             2003 conferences in North America. System architects,
             designers, and manufacturing executives are invited to attend
             free technical sessions and hands-on demonstrations on how to
             successfully implement embedded processing, digital signal
             processing (DSP), high-speed system design, as well as how to
             interface with and control a variety of memory standards.  In
             addition, conference participants will get an advance look at
             three new product families, including Altera's 90-nm FPGAs,
             coming in 2004.

             Altera's third-annual SOPC World 2003 conferences in North
             America will be held in 11 cities around the United States and
             Canada.

  When and Where:

             Date           City                     Location
             Sep. 30        Richardson, Texas        Radisson Hotel
             Oct. 1         Irvine, CA               Marriott Hotel
             Oct. 6         Toronto, ON, Canada      Holiday Inn Select
             Oct. 7         Chelmsford, MA           Radisson Hotel & Suites
                                                      Chelmsford
             Oct. 8         Edison, NJ               Hilton Garden Inn
             Oct. 9         Cary, NC                 Embassy Suites
             Oct. 10        Bethesda, MD             Hyatt Regency
             Oct. 21        Broomfield, CO           Omni Interlocken Resort
             Oct. 28        Oakbrook Terrace, IL     Drury Lane Theater
             Nov. 6         Santa Clara, CA          Santa Clara Marriott

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

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CONTACT: Ami Dorrell of Altera Corporation, +1-408-544-6879, or adorrell@altera.com.

CONTACT: Ami Dorrell of Altera Corporation, +1-408-544-6879, or
adorrell@altera.com

Web site: http://www.altera.com/