Articles from Altera Corporation

Altera Corporation, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, today announced post-quantum cryptography (PQC) support for Agilex® 3 and Agilex 5 FPGAs, bringing quantum-resistant security to its FPGA portfolio and helping customers protect long-life systems against emerging quantum-era threats. Available today, Agilex FPGAs with PQC support provide a strong security foundation designed to evolve with changing threats and cryptographic standards.

Altera Corporation, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, today announced two appointments to its Board of Directors: Sumit Sadana, who joins as an independent director, and Kirsten Spears, who previously joined the Board as an independent director and Chair of the Board’s Audit Committee. Together, Spears and Sadana bring significant semiconductor, technology, business, financial and governance experience to Altera’s Board as the company enters its next phase of growth.

Altera, the world's largest independent FPGA solutions provider, today announced expanded DDR5 memory support across its Agilex® FPGA portfolio with the release of Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 26.1.1. The update adds new DDR5, LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X-compatible memory capabilities to more Agilex FPGAs, enabling developers to build higher-performance AI, networking and embedded systems with greater flexibility to optimize bandwidth, power, board space and component availability.

Altera Corporation, the world's largest independent FPGA solutions provider, today announced the schedule for its Innovators Day global event series, taking place across North America, Asia, and Europe between October 2026 and February 2027. Designed for FPGA developers, system architects, and engineers, the event series will showcase the latest innovations in programmable computing to help attendees accelerate the development of next-generation AI infrastructure, intelligent edge systems, communications platforms, and autonomous machines.

Today at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS2026), Altera Corporation, the industry’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, announced engineering sample availability of its next-generation wideband Agilex® 9 Direct RF-Series SoC FPGAs. Designed to meet the growing demands for performance, integration, and adaptability in aerospace, defense, and advanced communications systems, the latest addition to Altera’s Direct RF portfolio delivers a 40% increase in compute capability per square millimeter.

Altera Corporation, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, today announced collaborations with Mercury Systems and VadaTech to expand its Agilex® 9 FPGA ecosystem with new COTS-based solutions for next-generation defense platforms. By combining Agilex 9 medium-band Direct RF FPGAs with industry-standard, open-architecture systems, the companies are helping defense customers accelerate time to market, reduce SWaP, and enable more flexible, software-defined RF capabilities in mission-critical systems.

Altera Corporation, a global leader in FPGA-based solutions, today announced that its Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs family has been named a winner of the 2025 AspenCore World Electronics Achievement Award (WEAA) in the Processor/DSP/FPGA category. The WEAA program honors companies and individuals that demonstrate outstanding innovation and advance the global electronics industry.

Altera Corporation, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with AXISCADES Technologies Limited, a leading global technology and engineering solutions company headquartered in Bangalore, India. The collaboration aims to accelerate the development of mission-critical defense applications by combining Altera’s advanced programmable logic technologies with AXISCADES’ deep expertise in aerospace, defense, and artificial intelligence system design.

Altera Corporation, the world’s largest independent provider of pure-play FPGA solutions, today announced that it has been authorized by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA).

Altera Corporation, a global leader in FPGA-based solutions, and BigCat Wireless, specializing in advanced wireless communications solutions, today announced an expanded partnership to scale Altera’s FPGA-based radio access network technology to wireless customers. Under this agreement, BigCat Wireless becomes an official solutions integrator for Altera’s Open Radio Unit (O-RU) reference designs. This collaboration will accelerate the deployment of Altera’s modular radio solutions, making them more accessible across both terrestrial and non-terrestrial markets such as satellite communications.

Altera Corporation, the world’s largest independent provider of pure-play FPGA solutions, today announced the appointment of Sandeep Nayyar as Chief Financial Officer.

Altera Corporation, a leader in FPGA innovations, today announced that Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, has completed its acquisition of a 51% stake in the company from Intel Corporation, which will retain a 49% stake, underscoring shared confidence in Altera’s growth.

Altera Corporation, a leader in FPGA innovations, today launched Altera University, a program designed to affordably and easily introduce students to the world of FPGAs and digital logic programming tools. Altera University provides university professors, researchers, and students access to a broad collection of pre-developed curricula, software tools, and programmable hardware to help accelerate the FPGA learning experience.

Altera Corporation, a leader in FPGA innovations, today announced production shipments of its Agilex™ 7 FPGA M-Series, the industry's first high-end, high-density FPGA to feature integrated high bandwidth memory and support for DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory technologies. Offering over 3.8 million logic elements, Agilex 7 FPGA M-Series is optimized for applications that demand the highest performance and highest memory bandwidth, including AI, data centers, next-generation firewalls, 5G communications infrastructure and 8K broadcast equipment.

Today at Embedded World, Altera Corporation, a leader in FPGA innovations, unveiled its latest programmable solutions tailored for embedded developers who are pushing the boundaries of innovation at the intelligent edge. Altera’s latest Agilex™ FPGAs, Quartus® Prime Pro software, and FPGA AI Suite enable the rapid development of highly customized embedded systems deployed across a broad range of edge applications, including robotics, factory automation systems, and medical equipment.

Altera Corporation, a leader in FPGA innovations, today announced the launch of its Altera Solution Acceleration Partner (ASAP) Program, an initiative designed to help companies accelerate innovation, get to market faster and grow their businesses more efficiently with support from Altera and its partner ecosystem. The ASAP program delivers the resources and support to ensure companies have the necessary tools to solve their complex design challenges and compete in today’s rapidly evolving market being driven by artificial intelligence.