Altera, an Intel® company, provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy to use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Altera's broad portfolio of products, including FPGAs, CPLDs, intellectual property, development tools, system-on-modules, SmartNICs, and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities worldwide. 

Since the invention of the world's first programmable logic device twenty years ago, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) has upheld a tradition of innovation and is a global advocate for "System on Programmable Chips" (SOPC) solutions. Altera combines programmable logic technology with software tools, intellectual property (IP), and technical services to provide high-quality programmable solutions to over 14000 customers worldwide. Our new product line combines the inherent advantages of programmable logic - flexibility, timely product launch - with advanced performance and integration, specifically designed to meet today's wide-ranging system requirements.

In December 2015, Intel spent $16.7 billion to acquire Altera Corporation.