Altera Corporation is a digital design and manufacturing, publicly traded company found on the NASDAQ exchange as ALTR. They are market leaders in programmable logic development which allows their primary customer base, the semiconductor industry to quickly scale and grow their own intellectual property. Their website at altera.com allows the company to display their many devices and patents, along with the available design tools and services that they offer to industry. Visitors to the website will learn of the 13,000 corporate customers from all markets world wide and the 2600 jobs that they provide in 19 countries. Altera.com also operates an online shopping area for companies wishing to purchase their Field Programmable Gate Arrays or other technologies, although minimum orders are required, and often exceed $20,000. Their primary product lines are all related to offering better and faster programmable logic products to an ever expanding customer base.
As a publicly held company, the site also functions as a news distribution center and financial reporting archive. All company releases are stored online for interested persons or investors. Visitors to altera.com will learn of the company strategy and developing technology and also the current market share. Altera has maintained steady growth for the past 12 years with average revenues rising from $837 Million in 1999 to over $2.06 Billion for last year. The website also provides a full training center, webcasts and videos, demonstrations and a University Program. For customers needing additional support, they also offer design services and software including design examples and downloads.








