Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced today that it will demonstrate its next-generation embedded industrial solutions at the 2010 SPS/IPC/DRIVES Electronics & Automation Exhibition and Conference. Visitors to the Altera booth will be able to see how the performance of advanced embedded processors can be extended and enhanced through FPGAs.

As part of a booth demonstration, Altera is set to announce its new I/O companion reference design developed for Linux support on Kontron’s COM Express™ FPGA baseboard using Intel® Atom™ processors, together with Altera’s Cyclone® IV GX FPGA.

This approach simplifies the implementation and maintenance of time-sensitive hardware-specific I/O functions, enabling developers to quickly build and operate I/O companion systems. Altera's I/O companion solution provides an easy-to-use, flexible, and low-cost development platform for custom industrial applications by adding PCI Express® (PCIe®) interfaces to both FPGAs and the Intel® Atom™ E600 processor-based Kontron computer-on-module nanoETXexpress-TT.

Altera's I/O Companion development framework includes the following:
• FPGA reference design providing peripherals built using Altera's Quartus® II development software
• Provide complete documentation explaining the following:
o How to use the tool to custom-make reference design peripheral sets
o How to integrate the provided peripheral driver into the Linux operating system
o How to integrate new IP into frameworks and FPGA designs
• I/O Companion - Dedicated Tool
• X86 program code
• Support for Altera and partner IP for networking, video, and standard communication interfaces used in industrial and automotive applications

Additional booth demonstrations to introduce Altera's FPGA technology are as follows:
• Kontron’s PCIe/104™ MICROSPACE® MSMST Reference Design for Intel® Atom™ E6xx Processor Series Providing HSM Interface Companion Board
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