Item Details

Description

The Altera Corporation records contain printed materials, software, and audiovisual material about and by the company from its founding in 1983 until 2011. The bulk of the records are made up of printed materials, including product literature such as catalogs and guides, financial documents such as annual and financial reports, manuals, marketing materials, press releases, press clippings, and print advertisements. Most of the printed materials pertain to the business and marketing aspects of the company, rather than the technical research and design. The rest of the records consist of software and audiovisual materials. There are three boxes of packaged software and development kits, which contain manuals and 5.25 inch floppy disks. Also included are photographs of employees and products, 11 VHS tapes, several CDs, and oversize design drawings and mounted graphics. Below is a rough inventory of the collection. For a more detailed inventory, please contact the archives directly. Box 1: Press clippings, 1983-1995 Box 2: Press clippings, 1996-1998 International press clippings, 1985-1989 Print ads, 1984-1996 Press releases, 1983-2002 Altera book project, 2004 10th anniversary materials, 1993 Wescon/Leonard Nimoy, 1984 Altera corporate presentation, 1999 IPO documents, 1988 Select historical documents, 1983-2000 Misc. copies of News & Views and The Logical Look newsletters Magazines containing Altera articles, 1985-2005 Technical article reprints, 1985-2005 Box 3: Annual reports, 1985-2011 Early product literature, 1984-1986 BME New Product Plan binder, 1992 NASDQ binder with Market Maker Analysis, 1991 Box 4: Financial reports, 1988-1994 Financial analyst coverage of Altera, 1985-1990 Software manuals and guides, 1984-1997 Box 5: Printed materials (press releases, corporate values, PREP benchmark results, other misc. materials), 1985-1998 Photographs of employees, products, dies, buildings, and events, 1983-1998 Box 6: Diagrams and blueprints for Altera devices, 1986 Oversize periodical, 1997 Mounted graphics, ca. 1990 Box 7-9: Packaged Altera software, 1985-1991 Box 10: VHS tapes and CDs, 1991-2003 Biographical/Historical Note Altera Corporation was founded in 1983 and was a leading designer and supplier in the semiconductor industry. Altera manufactured programmable logic devices (PLDs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and also created and sold associated logic development software tools. Its initial product was the EP300 chip, which was the first reprogrammable logic device. Altera, which continued to be a leader in FPGA technology, was acquired by Intel in 2015, and is now known as the Intel Programmable Solutions Group (PSG).

Level of description

Collection

Date

1983-2011

Extent

11.91 linear feet in 6 record cartons, 1 oversize flat box, and 3 other boxes

Collection title

Altera Corporation records

Credit

Gift of the Altera Corporation

Catalogue number

102775034

Lot number

X7683.2016