Hong Kong, February 27, 2013 — Altera Corporation and Intel Corporation announced today that they have entered into an agreement to manufacture Altera FPGAs using Intel’s 14nm Tri-Gate transistor technology. Targeting ultra-high-performance systems for military, wired communications, cloud networking, computing, and storage applications, these next-generation products will realize innovative levels of performance and power efficiency that were previously impossible.

John Daane, President, CEO, and Chairman of Altera, said, “Altera’s FPGAs using Intel’s 14nm technology will enable customers to design with the industry’s most advanced and highest-performing FPGAs,” adding, “Furthermore, as Altera is the only major FPGA company with access to this technology, we have secured a tremendous competitive edge in the high-end sector.”
Altera’s next-generation products now include 14nm in addition to the previously announced 20nm technology, expanding the company’s customized product portfolio to meet numerous customer requirements for performance, bandwidth, power efficiency, and more for various end applications.
Brian Krzanich, Intel’s Chief Operating Officer, stated, “We look forward to collaborating with Altera to manufacture advanced FPGAs by leveraging Intel’s leadership in process technology. Altera’s next-generation products demand the highest performance and best power efficiency technologies available, and Intel is in a solid position to deliver these cutting-edge products.” said.
By adding these global manufacturers to Altera's strong base of advanced suppliers and partners, the company has further strengthened its ability to realize the potential of silicon convergence, which integrates hardware and software programmability, microprocessors, digital signal processing (DSP), and ASIC performance into a single device to provide a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to traditional ASICs and ASSPs.
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