Editing Altera (section)

{{Short description|U.S. semiconductor company that produces Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)}}
{{Distinguish|Alterra Mountain Company|Altria Group}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Altera Corporation
| logo = Altera-tm-logo-2c-alterablue-sparkblue-3000.png
| image = 20250318AlteraHQwnewsignage.jpg
| image_caption = Altera Headquarters in [[San Jose, California]] in 2025
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Integrated circuit]]s
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1983|06}}
| location = [[San Jose, California]], United States
| founders = <BR>Robert Hartmann,<BR>Paul Newhagen, <BR>James Sansbury, Michael Magranet
| key_people = Raghib Hussain ([[CEO]])
| products = [[FPGA]]s,<BR>[[CPLD]]s,<BR>[[Embedded system]]s,<BR>[[ASIC]]s
| revenue = {{increase}} $1.932 billion (2014)
| net_income = {{increase}} $472 million (2014)
| assets = {{decrease}} $5.674 billion (2014)
| equity = {{decrease}} $3.285 billion (2014)
| num_employees = 3,091 (2014)
| parent = [[Silver Lake (investment firm)|Silver Lake]] (51%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.intel.com/corporate/intel-partner-deal-news-april2025 |title=Intel Announces Strategic Investment by Silver Lake in Altera |date=14 April 2025 |website=intel.com |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref><br>[[Intel]] (49%)
| website = {{URL|altera.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name=10K>{{cite web | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768251/000076825115000008/altera10k12312014.htm | title=Altera Corporation 2014 Form 10-K Annual Report | publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]}}</ref>
}}
'''Altera Corporation''' is a manufacturer of [[programmable logic device]]s (PLDs) headquartered in [[San Jose, California]]. It was founded in 1983 and acquired by [[Intel]] in 2015 before becoming independent once again in 2025 as a company focused on development of [[Field-programmable gate array|Field-Programmable Gate Array]] (FPGA) technology and [[system on a chip]] FPGAs.