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May 29, 2008 05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Altera’s Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit Garners Tech Choice Awards

Nios II Evaluation Kit Receives Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice Awards for its FPGA Design Capabilities

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced its Nios® II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone® III Edition received two 2008 Tech Choice Awards, the Editor’s and Reader’s Choice Awards in the FPGAs and Tools category from eg3.com.

The Tech Choice Awards recognize innovative technologies and the companies that are making practical efforts to help engineers apply them. The awards process identifies key technology areas, including virtualization, embedded processors, embedded tools, FPGAs and tools, wireless, and MicroTCA.

The Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit is a feature-rich, low-cost platform that provides a fast and simple “hands-on” way for embedded designers to assess the Nios II processor and Altera® SOPC Builder system design software. The evaluation kit also allows developers to launch example applications that showcase networking, hardware acceleration, graphics and more with the touch of a finger. It also serves as an ideal development platform for software designers new to FPGA-based processors.

“After choosing from a list of companies and their products, it was clear that Altera’s Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit stood out as a great example of unique and innovative technology that provides interactive capabilities,” said Jason McDonald, eg3.com’s senior editor. “The Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit’s ability to showcase the unique benefits of designing with FPGAs clearly made it an Editor’s Choice and the readers agreed with a Reader’s Choice.”

“We are proud of this award and the recognition. Since announcing the Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, we’ve received a strong response from our customers,” said Chris Balough, marketing director for software, embedded, and DSP at Altera. “The rich set of applications from Altera and our partners, and the touch-screen interface, show the power of Nios II processors and enable designers to quickly put these designs to work within their own systems.”

For more information about the Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition, visit www.altera.com/nios2eval.

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