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Altera

Altera Corporation is a manufacturer of programmable logic devices (PLDs) headquartered in San Jose, California, with a primary focus on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology and system-on-a-chip (SoC) FPGAs. Founded in 1983, it was acquired by Intel in 2015, re-established under the Altera name in 2024, and in 2025 became a privately held…

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Founded
June 1983; 43 years ago (1983-06)
Founders
Robert Hartmann, Paul Newhagen, James Sansbury, Michael Magranet
Industry
Integrated circuits
Headquarters
San Jose, California, United States
Key people
Raghib Hussain (CEO)
Net income
$472 million (2014)

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Altera

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Altera

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related to System on a chip FPGAs · 14
Altera → Altera's FPGA, ARM, As, Beginning, Cortex-A9, Cyclone, December, FDSOI, FPGA, FPGAs, SoC, SoCs, These, With
related to Acquisition and ownership by Intel · 9
Altera → In December, In February, In October, Intel, Intel's, IPO, January, Programmable Solutions Group, PSG
related to Design software · 9
Altera → All, Altera's, CPLDs, FPGAs, In May, OpenCL, Quartus Prime, SDK, SoC FPGAs
related to history · 9
Altera → CEO, In, IPO, James Sansbury, Michael Magranet, Paul Newhagen, Robert Hartmann, Rodney Smith, The
related to FPGAs · 7
Altera → Agilex FPGA, Arria, Cyclone, FPGAs, MAX, Stratix, The
related to Intel 14-nm technology · 6
Altera → Altera's, FPGAs, In February, Intel's, The Stratix, TSMC
related to Soft Processor cores · 6
Altera → ARM Cortex-M1, Freescale ColdFire, Nios, Nios II, Previously Altera, RISC-V
related to Restatement of financial results · 5
Altera → Exchange Commission, Intel, On June, Securities, The
related to Semiconductor intellectual property cores · 4
Altera → Designpro, In, IP, Northwest Logic
related to PLD technology licensing partnership · 3
Altera → In, Intel, PLD

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AlteraFoundedJune 1983; 43 years ago (1983-06)1.00infobox
AlteraFoundersRobert Hartmann, Paul Newhagen, James Sansbury, Michael Magranet1.00infobox
AlteraHeadquartersSan Jose, California, United States1.00infobox
AlteraIndustryIntegrated circuits1.00infobox
AlteraKey peopleRaghib Hussain (CEO)1.00infobox
AlteraNet income$472 million (2014)1.00infobox
AlteraNumber of employees3,091 (2014)1.00infobox
AlteraParentSilver Lake (51%) Intel (49%)1.00infobox
AlteraProductsFPGAs, CPLDs, Embedded systems, ASICs1.00infobox
AlteraRevenue$1.932 billion (2014)1.00infobox
AlteraTotal assets$5.674 billion (2014)1.00infobox
AlteraTotal equity$3.285 billion (2014)1.00infobox
AlteraTraded asNasdaq: ALTR (until 2015)1.00infobox
AlteraTypePrivate1.00infobox
AlteraWebsitealtera.com1.00infobox

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