Editing Altera (section)

===PLD technology licensing partnership===
In 1984, the company formed a partnership with [[Intel]], licensing its programmable logic technology to Intel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel PLD business |url=https://semiengineering.com/entities/intel-pld-business/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Semiconductor Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1994, Altera acquired the PLD business of Intel for $50 million.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=MERCHANT IC VENDORS |url=http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/ASIC97/SECTION3.PDF |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref>