Altera

Altera Corporation, headquartered in San Jose(Founded: June 1983;), California, was a prominent semiconductor company specializing in programmable logic devices, particularly field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs).

In 2015, Intel Corporation acquired Altera for approximately $16.7 billion, marking a strategic move to integrate Altera's programmable logic technology with Intel's processors. Following the acquisition, Altera became an essential part of Intel's Programmable Solutions Group, allowing for the synergistic development of products that combined traditional processors with programmable logic devices. This integration aimed to offer enhanced solutions for data centers, networking, and various other applications.