Intel announces that Altera will operate independently!

2024-03-01 21:46:14 430

According to news on March 1, Intel issued a press release today, announcing the official establishment of FPGA90 (field programmable gate array) company Altera in an independent development model, and launched Agilex 9, Agilex 7 F series and I series, Agilex 5 and Products such as Agilex 3.

Altera CEO Sandra Rivera and COO Shannon Poulin unveiled the company's future strategic plans and product roadmap to pursue a market opportunity of more than $55 billion.

Altera CEO Sandra Rivera said artificial intelligence (AI) provides a growing and potentially lucrative opportunity for Intel's new independent programmable chip division. She said Altera will strive to lead the market with a "bold, agile and customer-centric approach" to develop solutions for diverse applications, including segments such as communications, cloud, data center, embedded, industrial, automotive and military aerospace market.

It is reported that Intel spent US$16.7 billion in 2015 to acquire Altera, the world's second largest FPGA manufacturer, which is the company's largest M&A transaction to date.

However, after the acquisition, in order to cooperate with Intel's main strategy, Altera weakened the development of its products in the fields of communications, networks, and automobiles. It mainly developed network processing and industrial applications and performed well. After Altera's return this time, it is expected to be in There is fierce competition with Xilinx in these areas!

Intel's programmable chip division began operating as an independent company earlier this year and recently outlined future plans and its official name: "Altera, an Intel company." Using Altera as the company name again feels like rebirth of Altera. Intel plans to conduct a public offering (IPO) for Altera within the next two to three years.

"We estimate that the cumulative potential market for FPGAs will exceed US$55 billion in the next five years." Sandra is also very clear about Altera's development plan. "During this transition period, our top priority is to maintain business continuity with customers and partners. sex."

To maintain the continuity of cooperation with customers, product continuity and a product portfolio covering high, middle and low-end are also very important. Altera has launched three series of products, and one series of products is about to be launched, including:

Agilex 9 is now in mass production. It provides industry-leading data converters for applications requiring high-bandwidth mixed-signal FPGAs.
Agilex 7 F-Series and I-Series are now in production. This series of products can provide twice the performance per watt ratio and is designed for high-bandwidth computing applications such as data centers and networks.
Agilex 5 is now widely available. As the industry's first FPGA with embedded AI modules, it can provide leading performance for embedded edge applications, with a performance improvement of up to 1.6 times per watt.
Agilex 3 is coming soon. It will provide a leading, low-power FPGA family for low-complexity functions in cloud computing, communications and intelligent edge applications.