Altera Showcases Its Broadcast Solutions at IBC 2009

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AMSTERDAM--(Business Wire)--
Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) will be showcasing its programmable logic
solutions for broadcast technologies at IBC 2009 at RAI Congress Amsterdam,
September 11 to 15. Altera's participation includes in-booth demonstrations
showing the widest range of FPGAs available for the broadcast industry. Altera's
programmable solutions enable a custom fit for each application and offer
industry-leading scalability.

What: IBC 2009
When: September 11-15, 2009
Where: RAI Congress Amsterdam, Netherlands
Visit Altera in Hall 10, Booth A10

Product and Solution Demonstrations:

* Altera's award-winning 40-nm FPGAs

* Audio/video development kits featuring Altera`s Stratix IV GX FPGAs and Arria
II GX FPGAs: joint solutions with OmniTek, including specialized video IP

* Video processing

* 1080p customizable, broadcast-quality up/down/cross format conversion with
high-efficiency external memory access which supports all 1080p requirements

* Video capture and playback over PCI Express

* 4-channel, SD-/HD-/3G-SDI video streaming over PCI Express (Gen1/Gen2) on
Altera's Arria II GX and Stratix IV GX FPGAs

* High-bitrate JPEG2000 video transfer over IP

* A future-proofed, efficient and scalable JPEG2000 CODEC solution
* 1080p over IP end-to-end

* DisplayPort 1.1a on Altera's Arria II GX and Stratix IV GX FPGAs

* An all-digital video interface integrated solution (DisplayPort, dual-mode and
triple-rate SDI)

For additional information on Altera's participation at IBC 2009, visit IBC2009:
Be Captivated by Altera.

About Altera

Altera programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to
rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets.
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Altera Corporation
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