Altera Corporation is a champion of programmable logic solutions that help systems and semiconductor companies innovate quickly and efficiently, differentiate their products and compete in the marketplace.Altera's FPGAs, SoC FPGAs, CPLDs, and HardCopy ASICs combined with software tools, intellectual property, embedded processors, and customer support provide highly valued programmable solutions to more than 13,000 customers worldwide.Founded in 1983, Altera had annual revenues of $1.95 billion in 2010. Founded in 1983, Altera had annual revenues of $1.95 billion in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, California, with more than 2,600 employees in 19 countries.