www.altera.com Provides Quicker Access To Product Information; Altera Enhances Web Search Engine to Facilitate Part Number Searches

Business Wire, Nov 2, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2001

Customers searching for detailed technical information on Altera programmable logic devices (PLDs) can now quickly obtain literature such as data sheets, application notes, pin-out and package information by entering a full or partial device part number into the www.altera.com search engine.

The enhanced search engine is built to provide designers with an organized and easy-to-view list of all the available device part numbers and technical literature they need to design with an Altera PLD for system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions.

"We're leveraging the web to make it quick and easy for our existing and potential customers to design SOPC solutions," said Craig Leclair, Altera's senior director for online marketing. "www.altera.com is a one-stop shop for all system design needs, from product information to test driving intellectual property to online customer support."

About Altera

Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company(R), was founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores, system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the Internet at http://www.altera.com.

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