Altera Hosts 10th Annual PLD World Conference in Japan

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

  What:    Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it is hosting
           its 10th annual PLD World Conference, one of the largest
           privately sponsored industry events held in Japan.  Manufacturing
           executives and managers, engineers, system designers, service
           providers, device manufacturers, industry press and analysts are
           invited to attend free technical sessions and hands-on
           demonstrations.  These sessions will highlight the latest in PLD
           technology, including digital signal processing co-processors,
           high-speed system design, embedded processors, block-based
           design, and high-speed memory interfaces.  In addition,
           conference participants will get an advance look at three new
           product families, including Altera's 90-nm FPGAs coming in 2004.

  When and Where:

           Date       City       Location                Time
           Oct. 17    Tokyo      Tokyo International     9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
                                 Forum, Block B

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


  Contact:  Bruce Fienberg
            Altera Corporation
            408-544-6866
            bfienber@altera.com

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CONTACT: Bruce Fienberg of Altera Corporation, +1-408-544-6866, or
bfienber@altera.com

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