Altera

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Intel subsidiary semiconductor company technology company

Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.

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Label	Occurrences
Altera canonical	19
Altera Corporation	3
Intel (Altera)	2
Altera FPGA	1
Arria FPGA family	1
Intel FPGA	1
Intel Programmable Solutions Group	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T232405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Altera
Context triple: [Intel Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Altera]

A. Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
B. Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
C. NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation is a leading American technology company best known for designing powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) and AI computing platforms used in gaming, data centers, and high-performance computing.
D. Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
E. Compaq
Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Altera
Target entity description: Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.

A. Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
B. Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
C. NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation is a leading American technology company best known for designing powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) and AI computing platforms used in gaming, data centers, and high-performance computing.
D. Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
E. Compaq
Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Intel subsidiary ⓘ semiconductor company ⓘ technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Intel ⓘ linked to: Intel Corporation
acquisitionAnnouncedOn	2015-06-01 ⓘ
acquisitionCompletedOn	2015-12-28 ⓘ
acquisitionValueUSD	16700000000 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
customerSegment	automotive ⓘ communications infrastructure ⓘ data center ⓘ industrial ⓘ military and aerospace ⓘ
designTool	MAX+PLUS II ⓘ Quartus II ⓘ linked to: Quartus design software Quartus Prime ⓘ linked to: Quartus design software
focusArea	embedded systems ⓘ programmable logic ⓘ system-on-chip solutions ⓘ
foundedBy	James Sansbury ⓘ Michael Magranet ⓘ Paul Newhagen ⓘ Robert Hartmann ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Jose, California ⓘ linked to: San Jose, California, United States
headquartersRegion	Silicon Valley ⓘ
inception	1983 ⓘ
industry	programmable logic devices ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ
knownFor	Quartus design software ⓘ field-programmable gate arrays ⓘ programmable logic devices ⓘ
majorProductFamily	Arria ⓘ Cyclone ⓘ HardCopy ⓘ MAX ⓘ Stratix ⓘ
notableTechnology	SoC FPGA integration of ARM processors ⓘ high-speed transceivers in FPGAs ⓘ partial reconfiguration in FPGAs ⓘ
parentCompany	Intel ⓘ linked to: Intel Corporation
productType	CPLD ⓘ linked to: CPLDs EDA software ⓘ FPGA ⓘ SoC FPGA ⓘ embedded processor ⓘ
status	acquired ⓘ
stockExchangeListing	NASDAQ ⓘ
tickerSymbol	ALTR ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intel Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Altera ⓘ

CPLD → majorVendor → Altera ⓘ

subject linked to: CPLDs

FPGA → majorVendor → Intel (Altera) ⓘ

linked to: Altera

Quartus design software → developer → Altera ⓘ

Quartus design software → targetVendorDevice → Altera FPGA ⓘ

linked to: Altera

Quartus design software → targetVendorDevice → Intel FPGA ⓘ

linked to: Altera

Paul Newhagen → notableWork → Altera ⓘ

ALTR → represents → Altera Corporation ⓘ

linked to: Altera

Altera Corporation → notableProduct → Arria FPGA family ⓘ

subject linked to: ALTR

linked to: Altera

MAX+PLUS II → developer → Altera Corporation ⓘ

linked to: Altera

MAX+PLUS II → createdBy → Altera ⓘ

Stratix → designedBy → Altera ⓘ

Stratix → introducedBy → Altera Corporation ⓘ

linked to: Altera

Stratix → formerlyOwnedBy → Altera ⓘ

Stratix → nowMarketedBy → Intel Programmable Solutions Group ⓘ

linked to: Altera

Arria → developer → Altera ⓘ

Arria → previousOwner → Altera ⓘ

Arria 10 → developer → Altera ⓘ

subject linked to: Arria

Cyclone → developer → Altera ⓘ

Cyclone → formerManufacturer → Altera ⓘ

MAX → developer → Altera ⓘ

MAX → manufacturer → Altera ⓘ

HardCopy → developedBy → Altera ⓘ

HardCopy → manufacturer → Altera ⓘ

Michael Magranet → notableWork → Altera ⓘ

James Sansbury → coFounderOf → Altera ⓘ

Xilinx → mainCompetitor → Intel (Altera) ⓘ

linked to: Altera

Robert Hartmann → coFounded → Altera ⓘ

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