Evatronix to Offer Altera FPGA Design Services in Eastern Europe

Evatronix to Focus on Altera Designs for Industrial Automation, Telecommunication, and Medical Applications in Eastern Europe

San Jose, Calif., July 10, 2002 — Evatronix S.A, a leading silicon IP provider and a pioneer in HDL-based electronic design in Eastern Europe, today joins the Altera Consulting Alliance Program (ACAP® ). As a result, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) customers in Eastern Europe now can take advantage of Evatronix's design services for industrial automation, telecommunications and medical applications. Evatronix designs with a wide range of Altera® devices, including Altera's recently introduced Stratix™ devices and Excalibur™ embedded processor solutions.

"Evatronix design services and IP portfolio, combined with Altera's FPGAs, are a compelling combination for our customers' design applications," said Wojtek Sakowski, vice-president of Evatronix. "As Altera's first ACAP partner in Eastern Europe, we look forward to growing our services in this region."

Evatronix also offers IP cores, including processors based on industry standard architectures and peripheral controllers, as well as serial link controllers. The cores are available through Evatronix's United States strategic partner CAST, Inc., a member of the Altera Megafunction Partner Program (AMPPSM). Fore more information visit http://www.altera.com/products/ip/ampp/cast/cast.html .

"Eastern Europe represents an excellent growth opportunity for Altera's devices and design services," said Ali Erdengiz, Altera's senior director of technical services. " As an ACAP partner, Evatronix will enable our customers in the region to shorten time-to-market with innovative electronic products by offering industry-leading FPGA design services."

About ACAP

Altera's Consultant Alliance Program provides Altera customers with easy access to a worldwide network of certified design consultants with expertise in Altera's system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Additionally, ACAP consultants specialize in niche areas, which makes them profoundly effective at solving specific problems and facilitating time-to-market needs. Altera provides its ACAP members with on-going training to keep them up-to-date with Altera's leading-edge SOPC solutions.

About Evatronix

Evatronix SA, headquartered in Bielsko-Biala, Poland, was established in 1991 and provides IP cores and electronic design services. Since 1997 the company has been developing electronic virtual components in close cooperation with Silesian University of Technology, well-known for its high-level-education. The core of the company's electronic design department is made up of highly-qualified engineers, all graduates from Silesian University of Technology. More information on Evatronix can be found on the company web site at http://www.evatronix.pl .

About Altera

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) is the world's pioneer in system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Combining programmable logic technology with software tools, intellectual property and technical services, Altera provides high-value programmable solutions to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide. More information is available at http://www.altera.com .

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