Intel Corp. acquired long-standing field programmable gate array (FPGA) company in 2015 in a deal worth $16.7 billion.
The deal was to give Intel access to products that could help differentiate it from the PC processor and data center market and into internet of things (IoT) and cloud computing sectors.
Now, Intel is officially launching Altera as a standalone FPGA company again but now with a new focus on FPGAs with AI built into the fabric of the processors. Altera will also once again become the brand name.
Altera will continue to focus on cloud computing but also networking and edge market with AI being the focus.
Altera has recently launched standard frameworks like TensorFlow and Pytorch intellectual property (IP) to address FPGA with AI opportunities using its AI suite and OpenVino software.
Along with the rebranding effort, Altera has launched new FPGAs and services.
- Agilex 9, a mixed-signal FPGA for radar and mil-space applications.
- Agilex 7 F-series and I-series for data centers, networking and defense.
- Agilex 5 with infused AI geared toward embedded systems and edge applications.
- Agilex 3, a low-power line of FPGAs that when released will be target for cloud, communication and edge applications.
