Altera Demonstrates How FPGAs Solve Design Challenges From Core to Edge at MILCOM 2008

Visit Altera in Exhibition Booth 643

San Jose, Calif., November 5, 2008—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced that it will be demonstrating at MILCOM 2008 how its custom logic solutions easily enable secure communications systems to connect the battlefield from the core to the edge. Show attendees will see how Altera helps designers lower risk and increase productivity for high-bandwidth network core applications, all while meeting their size, weight, and power (SWaP) challenges for the edge. Altera’s participation at MILCOM 2008 features in-booth demonstrations showcasing technologies that include:

• Altera’s DSP Builder demonstrating advanced wireless waveforms
• Altera’s 65-nm, low-power Cyclone^® III FPGAs
• The latest military radio systems using Altera’s solutions

MILCOM 2008 will be held November 17 to 19 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. For more information about Altera’s participation at MILCOM 2008, visit www.altera.com/education/events/northamerica/evt-milcom2008.html.

About Altera

Altera^® programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more at www.altera.com.

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