Rochester Electronics Provides Continuous Support of Altera's FPGAs

Extension-of-life™ process supports critical military and aerospace semiconductors

August 11, 2010 -- Rochester Electronics has been selected as an authorized distributor of Altera Corporation’s legacy and end-of-life (EOL) field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices. Rochester has acquired finished devices as well as wafer/die, intellectual property, test programs, and test equipment from Altera to extend the long-term availability of many mission-critical Altera semiconductor devices. These devices include the EP1810, EP610, and EP910 product families which are used in military, aerospace, and industrial applications.

Through its Extension-of-LifeTM process, Rochester provides a continuous supply of reliable, authentic FPGA semiconductor devices for customers with requirements that extend beyond Altera’s production life cycle. The EP1810, EP610, and EP910 products delivered by Rochester have the exact fit, form, and function as the original Altera-manufactured parts. In addition, Rochester’s long-term supply programs, such as its Special Product AgreementTM (SPATM), provide tailored, customized, comprehensive, scheduled, managed, and guaranteed long-term distribution of semiconductor devices.

“Products in the military, aerospace, and industrial markets have longer life cycles than products in other markets, so it is critical for these applications to know they will have a continuous supply of our devices,” said Marc Cancilla, director of distribution for North America at Altera. “Altera is pleased to establish this relationship with Rochester to provide availability of obsolete devices to our customer base.”

George Karalias, director of marketing and communications at Rochester, said, “Altera Corporation’s commitment to technology innovation and customer service, combined with Rochester’s unique ability to support end of life semiconductors guarantee that customers receive a continuous supply of high-quality products and unparalleled long-term support.”

Rochester currently stocks finished Altera parts as well as wafers for continued delivery of parts. All inventory is stored in specialized, environmentally controlled warehouses.

For more information, contact Rochester Electronics at Phoenix House, 2 Phoenix Park, Eaton Socon, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 8EP United Kingdom; call 44 1480 408400; fax 44 1480 407669; e-mail eurosales@rocelec.co.uk; or on the Web at www.rocelec.com.

About Rochester Electronics, LLC

Rochester Electronics, LLC, is the world’s most comprehensive source and solution for discontinued semiconductors. Authorized by over 60 leading semiconductor manufacturers, Rochester purchases all remaining finished devices, wafer/die, and available intellectual property. All products are 100% manufacturer traceable and certified. Rochester’s product offering includes more than five billion finished devices, ten billion die, and 20,000+ Rochester continuing manufacturing device types. Rochester is privately held. Worldwide corporate headquarters are located at 16 Malcolm Hoyt Drive, Newburyport, MA 01950 USA; sales offices are also located throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Phone 978-462-9332, E-mail: sales@rocelec.com, Web site: www.rocelec.com.