Altera's HardCopy® series ASICs enable you to take your system designs from prototyping into volume production much faster and with much less risk In addition to devices, Altera's comprehensive solutions portfolio contains fully integrated software development tools, versatile embedded processors, optimized intellectual property cores, reference designs examples, and a variety of development kits Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Altera Corporation is the leader in innovative custom logic solutions, and has been ever since inventing the world's first reprogrammable logic device in 1984