Altera, a INTEL company, founded in 1983, is a leading manufacturer of PLDs, including Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and other related solutions. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.Altera specializes in designing low-power programmable chips. Its product portfolio includes a wide range of FPGAs, SoC FPGAs (System on Chip Field-Programmable Gate Arrays), CPLDs, and HardCopy ASICs. These products are combined with software tools, intellectual property, embedded processors, and customer support to provide valuable programmable solutions to customers worldwide.