Altera Announces Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Altera Corporation today announced it will hold a conference call for interested members of the investment community at 1:45 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 to discuss the company's third quarter results and business outlook. The company will release earnings after the market close on October 19, 2010.

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A live webcast and replay of the call will be available on the company's web site, http://www.altera.com/. For those without access to the Internet, the live call and replay may be accessed telephonically. Further details are available through the company's investor relations information hotline at [phone].

About Altera

Altera programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more about Altera's FPGA, CPLD and ASIC devices at http://www.altera.com/. Follow Altera via Facebook, RSS and Twitter.

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INVESTOR CONTACT MEDIA CONTACT ---------------- ------------- Scott Wylie, Vice President Mark Plungy, Senior Manager Investor Relations Public Relations Altera Corporation Altera Corporation [phone] [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail]

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Altera Corporation

CONTACT: Investors, Scott Wylie, Vice President, Investor Relations,
[phone], [e-mail], or Media, Mark Plungy, Senior Manager,
Public Relations, [phone], [e-mail], both of Altera
Corporation

Web Site: http://www.altera.com/