The RapidIO 2.1 specification enables increased performance up to 20 GBaud in applications ranging from next-generation wireless basestations, high-performance military systems and DSP farms. Support for the RapidIO 2.1 specification builds upon Altera's complete Serial RapidIO solution, which includes an end-point IP core that is backward compatible to the RapidIO 1.3 specification, reference designs, application notes, testbenches, and interoperability reports with digital signal processor and switch vendors. The Serial RapidIO IP core has been qualified against the RapidIO Trade Association's bus functional model and is supported within Altera's 40-nm Stratix IV GX and Stratix IV GT FPGAs and HardCopy IV GX ASICs.

"Serial RapidIO is a popular interface for many of our wireless and military customers who put the utmost importance on system bandwidth and reliability," said Luanne Schirrmeister, senior director of component product marketing at Altera. "Combining the industry's first Serial RapidIO IP core supporting the 2.1 specification with Altera's industry-leading FPGA and transceiver technology solidly positions us to address our customer's most important system requirements, including performance, reliability and scalability."

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"We believe Newark will help us reach new design engineers with our latest programmable technologies. This new partnership is important to us to capitalize on the increasing demand Altera has seen for its latest FPGA families such as Cyclone IV and Stratix IV," said Steve McMinn, vice president, worldwide channel sales, Altera.

In support of Altera's recent launch of its Cyclone IV family, a dedicated engineering community has been created online within element 14 at http://www.element-14.com/cycloneiv offering free software, and Web 2.0 tools to enable designers to discuss the technology with colleagues around the world. element14, together with Altera, will be hosting a webex event on November 25 at 3pm GMT, to discuss the new Cyclone IV FPGA family. Engineers are invited to register their attendance at element14. A replay of the event will also be available following the sessions. element14 is an innovative technology portal and collaborative community for electronic design engineers that was launched in June at www.element-14.com "Utilizing the phenomenal power of our collaborative element14 community, designer engineers can learn how to incorporate Altera's industry leading, innovative devices into the early concept stage of a new design," commented Laurence Bain COO Premier Farnell and President of Newark. "And with Altera's world-class products and our broad reach to design engineers globally in key industries like medical, alternative energy and the military, it is possible to accelerate the use of programmable logic into new and exciting applications. We are confident that we will achieve the same success in the Americas as we continue to do in the rest of the world."

About Newark Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, and a leading multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals across the Americas, is known for offering the broadest selection of components and test equipment from 440+ top manufacturers for design engineer and maintenance technicians. With multiple sales channels, customers do business with Newark through contact centers, a local branch network, field sales force and a world-class website at www.newark.com that offers exclusive tools to manage, track and review purchases, quotes and invoices online. Committed to innovation and reducing its environmental impact, Newark has been making a difference in the electronics industry for 75 years.

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EDN China's annual Innovation Award honors the products and people that shape the electronics industry. Finalists are nominated by a panel of judges that includes technical experts from industry, universities and institutes, as well as EDN China editors. The final award winners are selected by EDN China's 40,000 readers and website users. Altera's Stratix IV GT FPGAs received the most votes and won EDN China's "Best Product Award" in the programmable logic devices category.

"Our Stratix IV FPGA family has received broad industry recognition since its introduction in 2008 and we are honored that EDN China and its readers selected Stratix IV GT FPGAs for such a prestigious award," said Vince Hu, vice president of product and corporate marketing at Altera.

Stratix IV GT FPGAs are optimized specifically for the latest generation of 40G and 100G applications used in communications systems, high-end test equipment and military communications systems. Stratix IV GT FPGAs feature up to 48 integrated transceivers with 32 that operate up to 11.3 Gbps, delivering the industry's highest bandwidth available on a programmable device. Stratix IV GT FPGAs feature up to 530K logic elements (LEs), 20.3-Mbits internal RAM and 1,288 18x18 multipliers.

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"Serial RapidIO is a popular interface for many of our wireless and military customers who put the utmost importance on system bandwidth and reliability," said Luanne Schirrmeister, senior director of component product marketing at Altera. "Combining the industry's first Serial RapidIO IP core supporting the 2.1 specification with Altera's industry-leading FPGA and transceiver technology solidly positions us to address our customer's most important system requirements, including performance, reliability and scalability."

Pricing and Availability

The Serial RapidIO IP solution is part of Altera's MegaCore(R) IP library and is available now for evaluation upon download and installation of Quartus II software v9.1. To download the combined Quartus II software and MegaCore IP library, visit: www.altera.com/support/software/download/sof-download_center.html. Licensing and pricing information for the Serial RapidIO IP core is available by contacting your local Altera sales representative. Additional information on Altera's Serial RapidIO solutions can be found at www.altera.com/products/ip/iup/rapidio/m-alt-riophy.html.

About Altera

Altera(R) programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more about Altera's FPGA, CPLD and ASIC devices at www.altera.com. Follow Altera via Facebook, RSS and Twitter.

Altera, the Altera logo, and all other words that are identified as trademarks are, unless noted otherwise, Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the trademarks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. RapidIO is a trademark of RapidIO Trade Association. All other product or service names are the property of their respective holders.

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Steve Gabriel, 408-544-6397 
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