Altera MAX® complex programmable logic device (CPLD) Series provides you with the lowest power, lowest cost CPLDs. Featuring unique, non-volatile architecture and one of the industry’s largest density CPLDs, MAX V devices provide robust new features at lower total power when compared to competitive CPLDs.
What happened to Altera?
In 1994, Altera acquired the PLD business of Intel for $50 million….Altera.
| Altera headquarters in San Jose, California. | |
|---|---|
| Industry | Integrated circuits |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Defunct | December 28, 2015 |
| Fate | Acquired by Intel |
What is Altera Cyclone?
Altera Cyclone® II 90nm FPGAs are built from the ground up for the low cost and provide a customer-defined feature set for high volume, cost-sensitive applications. Cyclone II FPGAs deliver high-performance and low-power consumption at a cost that rivals that of ASICs.
What is Altera MAX II?
Altera MAX II is an instant-on, non-volatile CPLD family that targets general-purpose, low-density logic and portable applications, such as cellular handset design.
Who bought Altera?
Intel
In June of 2015, chip behemoth Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) announced that it intended to buy Altera, a major supplier of chips known as field programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, for $16.7 billion.
Who was Altera?
Altera was an avatar of destruction. An engine of war that scythed down the many lives who had stood in her path. That was how she had been made to be… or so what the elders of the Huns had said to her. That she, Altera, existed for battle.
What is Altera Cyclone IV?
Altera / Intel® Cyclone® IV FPGAs extend the Cyclone® FPGA series leadership in providing the market’s lowest cost, lowest power FPGAs, now with a transceiver variant. Cyclone® IV GX devices offer an on-chip transceiver with an I/Os speed up to 3.125Gbps.
What is the difference between Xilinx and Altera?
Xilinx is basically the one who invented the FPGA, and is currently the biggest name in the FPGA world, while Altera is only second-best. 2. Altera tools have a more intuitive feel at the GUI, or Graphical User Interface. The Altera has really interesting architecture, while Xilinx is the leader in this technology.
What is Altera Quartus II software?
Quartus II software isAltera’s primary development software and supports Altera’s newestdevice families and most older device families. – The MAX+PLUS II BASELINE software includes support for selectedFLEX, ACEX and MAX devices.
What is the difference between Max+Plus II and Quartus II software?
MAX+PLUS ® II software is intended only to support legacy designs. MAX+PLUS II software does not support MAX ® II CPLDs, Cyclone ®, Arria ®, or Stratix ® series FPGAs, or any newer devices. Quartus ® II software is Altera’s primary development software and supports Altera’s newest device families and most older device families.
What are the main product lines from Altera?
The main product lines from Altera were the Stratix, mid-range Arria, and lower-cost Cyclone series system on a chip FPGAs, the MAX series complex programmable logic device and non-volatile FPGAs, Intel Quartus Prime design software, and Enpirion PowerSoC DC-DC power solutions.
What is Altera’s policy on device specifications?
Altera reserves the right to make changes, without notice, in the devices or the device specifications identified in this document. Altera advises its customers to obtain the latest version of device specifications to verify, before placing orders, that the information being relied upon by the customer is current.
