Altera Newsroom | Home - New solution addresses growing demands for bandwidth, flexibility, and real-time processing across aerospace, defense, and advanced communications systems Altera Introduces Next-Generation Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series SoC FPGA to Power the Future of High-Performance RF Systems Press Releases May 26, 2026 Altera Expands Partner Ecosystem for Agilex® 9 Direct RF Series FPGAs Collaboration with Mercury Systems and VadaTech accelerates time-to-market and reduces SWaP in mission-critical defense platforms May 26, 2026 Altera to Develop Reconfigurable Coherent Optical Communications Modem Prototype for DIU RAZORBAC Program Development effort advances adaptive optical networking technologies for resilient multi-domain communications April 30, 2026 Altera Brings Determinism to Physical AI Systems with Latest Release of FPGA AI Suite FPGA AI Suite Delivers a New Spatial Architecture that Maps AI Algorithms Directly onto Agilex® Silicon April 9, 2026 Altera Extends Lifecycle Support for Several FPGA Families Through 2045 Independence enables greater flexibility to meet evolving FPGA customer needs. March 4, 2026 Altera Advances FPGA-Based Physical AI for Robotics and Edge Applications Live demos at Embedded World highlight adaptable FPGA-based AI for sensor processing, industrial vision, and robotics control. February 26, 2026 Altera’s Programmable Solutions Accelerate the Next Generation of 5G-Advanced and 6G Wideband Radios Altera’s Open RAN solutions and a robust ecosystem enable radio infrastructure providers to deliver scalable, intelligent, future-ready platforms faster and with greater flexibility. November 24, 2025 Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs Wins 2025 AspenCore World Electronics Achievement Award Award-winning innovation: See how Agilex™ 5 FPGAs are setting new standards in AI-driven, intelligent edge design. November 17, 2025 Altera Expands Its Strategic Partnership with AXISCADES for Mission-Critical Defense Applications Development Altera announced a strategic partnership with AXISCADES Technologies Limited, a leading global technology and engineering solutions company headquartered in Bangalore, India. The collaboration aims to accelerate the development of mission-critical defense applications by combining Altera’s advanced programmable logic technologies with AXISCADES’ deep expertise in aerospace, defense, and artificial intelligence system design. November 5, 2025 Altera Authorized as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) Altera Corporation, the world’s largest independent provider of pure-play FPGA solutions, today announced that it has been authorized by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE™) Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). October 8, 2025 Altera and BigCat Wireless Partner to Accelerate Deployment of Altera’s Open Radio Unit Reference Designs in Wireless Communications Infrastructure Altera’s O-RU reference designs, powered by Agilex FPGAs and SoCs, enable high-performance, energy-efficient Open RAN–compliant radio solutions for 5G and satellite networks. In collaboration with BigCat Wireless, these COTS platforms offer vendors and service providers flexible, geo-specific implementations that accelerate innovation. September 30, 2025 Altera Expands Agilex FPGA Portfolio and Streamlines Developer Experience Production availability of all Agilex FPGA and SoC families, a new Visual Designer Studio tool in Quartus Prime Software 25.3, and expanded Agilex 5 D-Series with up to 2.5× higher logic density, PQC secure boot, and increased memory bandwidth for edge AI, 4K/8K video, and 5G/6G applications. September 15, 2025 Altera Closes Silver Lake Investment to Become World’s Largest Pure-play FPGA Solutions Provider Altera Corporation, a leader in FPGA innovations, today announced that Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, has completed its acquisition of a 51% stake in the company from Intel Corporation, which will retain a 49% stake, underscoring shared confidence in Altera’s growth. September 22, 2025 Altera Appoints Sandeep Nayyar as Chief Financial Officer Altera Corporation, the world’s largest independent provider of pure-play FPGA solutions, today announced the appointment of Sandeep Nayyar as Chief Financial Officer. April 14, 2025 Intel Announces Strategic Investment by Silver Lake in Altera Intel to sell 51% of Altera to Silver Lake, valuing the FPGA leader at $8.75B. The move establishes Altera as the largest pure-play FPGA company, driving innovation in AI, edge computing, and next-gen programmable solutions. Apr. 1, 2025 Altera Starts Production Shipments of Industry’s Highest Memory Bandwidth FPGA The Agilex 7 FPGA M-Series is now shipping—delivering up to 1 TBps memory bandwidth with integrated HBM2E and support for DDR5 and LPDDR5. With over 3.8 million logic elements and advanced transceivers, it's optimized for AI, data center, 5G, broadcast, and high-speed test and measurement applications. Apr 8. 2025 Altera Launches Altera University to Equip Students with Industry-ready FPGA Skills By providing access to industry-grade FPGA tools and comprehensive curriculum, Altera enables educators to accelerate hands-on learning and better prepare students for real-world design challenges. March 1, 2025 Altera to Showcase the Programmable Innovations at Embedded World 2025 At Embedded World 2025, Altera launches Agilex™ 3, Agilex™ 5 E-Series, and new MAX® 10 FPGA packages—bringing AI acceleration, real-time control, and compact form factors to intelligent edge and embedded applications across robotics, industrial, and medical markets. January 14, 2025 New Partner Program to Accelerate FPGA Solutions Development Altera launched the Altera Solution Acceleration Partner (ASAP) Program. This ecosystem of trusted partners delivers the resources and support to ensure companies have the necessary tools to solve their complex design challenges and compete in today’s rapidly evolving market. Featured Blogs