Altera公司一直都在可程式設計系統級晶片(SOPC)領域中處於前沿和領先的地位﹐其2003年度的年收入高達8.272億美元。Altera將其早在1983年發明的可程式設計邏輯技術與軟體工具、IP和設計服務相結合﹐向全世界近14,000家用戶提供超值的可程式設計解決方案。Altera的總部位於美國加州的聖何塞﹐並在全球的14個國家中擁有近2000名員工。 Altera Corporation is the world's pioneer of system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. With annual revenues in CY 2005 of $1.12 billion, Altera combines the reprogrammable logic technology originally invented in 1983 with software tools, intellectual property (IP), and design services to provide high-value programmable solutions to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide. Altera is headquartered in San Jose, California, and employs approximately 2,300 people in 14 countries.