Hong Kong, March 12, 2015 — Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced that it is adding a new 30-ampere PowerSoC DC-DC step-down converter product to its Enpirion power solution portfolio for use in FPGAs. The 30-ampere EM1130 is the first product in an integrated digital DC-DC step-down converter product family designed specifically for use in Altera's 10th generation FPGAs, including Arria® 10 and Stratix® 10 FPGA core and transceiver power rails. As a result of Altera's successful acquisition of power IC company Enpirion in 2013, the EM1130 digital power management device represents a transformative product that demonstrates Altera's commitment to providing optimized power solutions previously unavailable to the programmable logic market.

For more detailed information about the EM1130 and Altera's complete power solution portfolio, visit www.altera.com/enpirion. Additionally, related demonstrations can be viewed at the Altera booth at the APEC (Applied Power Electronics Conference) exhibition being held in Charlotte, North Carolina from March 15-19.

Jeff Waters, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Business Unit at Altera, stated, "This innovative product delivers integrated power management solutions for use in our high-end products. Since acquiring Enpirion, we have made significant progress over the past 18 months, and this will enable our customers to maximize the benefits of tightly coupling power solutions with advanced FPGA platforms."

Altera DC/DC Converter

Altera's DC/DC converters provide power solutions characterized by high density, high performance, and ease of use. Altera DC/DC converters deliver excellent point-of-load (POL) solutions while conserving board space and meeting stringent power budgets. Altera DC/DC converters are offered in miniaturized enhanced packaging utilizing high switching frequencies and integrate inductors internally to reduce overall solution size. Additionally, by integrating MOSFETs with low on-resistance, achieving strict output voltage regulation accuracy, and providing an enhanced feature set, Altera DC/DC converters enable the industry's most advanced FPGAs to be driven appropriately.

EM1130 DC-DC Converter

The EM1130 is characterized by the industry's highest density footprint, high-level strict output regulation, and rapid transient response. This enables FPGA-based systems to meet extremely stringent performance, power budget, and solution size requirements. PMBus provides an interface to Altera SmartVID™ technology, allowing this converter to supply lower voltages (VCC) to Arria 10 and Stratix 10 FPGAs, enabling significant power savings while maintaining the performance required for the specified device speed grades. Furthermore, by providing a PMBus interface, the EM1130 enables telemetry for system communication to measure key parameters such as current, voltage, and temperature.

Key Features of EM1130:

·50 percent smaller compared to competing modules in the same class and achieving 2-4 percent efficiency improvement, enabling customers to enhance performance in their systems.

·Improves system performance by enhancing telemetry accuracy (current and voltage measurement) by 30-50 percent.

·Applies adaptive control technology to reduce required external compensation components and automatically adjust for changing operating conditions, providing a robust solution.

·Provides user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) to simplify programming, enabling design engineers to quickly transition to optimized solutions.

Mark Davidson, Director of Marketing for Altera's Power Business Unit, stated, "System designers and engineers need to plan for power solutions early in performance-oriented applications to achieve maximum system performance and reduce energy consumption and thermal burden. By doing so, not only Altera customers but also their end users can significantly reduce maintenance costs. As a building block enabling more intelligent systems, the EM1130 architecture enables communication between the FPGA, system power, and the rest of the customer application, and allows highly flexible configurations, thereby reducing time to market and lowering risk."