Altera Corporation records, 1983-2011

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Summary

Title:
Altera Corporation records
Dates:
1983-2011
Creators:
Altera Corporation.
Abstract:
The Altera Corporation records contain printed materials, software, and audiovisual material ranging in date from 1983 until 2011. The bulk of the records are made up of printed materials, including product literature, financial reports, manuals, press releases and clippings, and print advertisements. The collection also includes packaged software containing manuals and 5.25 inch floppy disks, as well as photographs of employees and products, VHS tapes, CDs, a small amount of design drawings, and mounted graphics.
Extent:
11.91 Linear feet, 6 record cartons, 1 oversize flat box, and 3 other boxes
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], [Date], Altera Corporation records, Lot X7683.2016, Box [#], Computer History Museum.

Background

Scope and content:

The Altera Corporation records contain printed materials, software, and audiovisual material about and by the company from its founding in 1983 until 2011. The bulk of the records are made up of printed materials, including product literature such as catalogs and guides, financial documents such as annual and financial reports, manuals, marketing materials, press releases, press clippings, and print advertisements. Most of the printed materials pertain to the business and marketing aspects of the company, rather than the technical research and design.

The rest of the records consist of software and audiovisual materials. There are three boxes of packaged software and development kits, which contain manuals and 5.25 inch floppy disks. Also included are photographs of employees and products, 11 VHS tapes, several CDs, and oversize design drawings and mounted graphics.

Below is a rough inventory of the collection. For a more detailed inventory, please contact the archives directly.

Box 1: Press clippings, 1983-1995

Box 2: Press clippings, 1996-1998; International press clippings, 1985-1989; Print ads, 1984-1996; Press releases, 1983-2002; Altera book project, 2004; 10th anniversary materials, 1993; Wescon/Leonard Nimoy, 1984; Altera corporate presentation, 1999; IPO documents, 1988; Select historical documents, 1983-2000; Misc. copies of News & Views and The Logical Look newsletters; Magazines containing Altera articles, 1985-2005; Technical article reprints, 1985-2005

Box 3: Annual reports, 1985-2011; Early product literature, 1984-1986; BME New Product Plan binder, 1992; NASDQ binder with Market Maker Analysis, 1991

Box 4: Financial reports, 1988-1994; Financial analyst coverage of Altera, 1985-1990; Software manuals and guides, 1984-1997

Box 5: Printed materials (press releases, corporate values, PREP benchmark results, other misc. materials), 1985-1998; Photographs of employees, products, dies, buildings, and events, 1983-1998

Box 6: Diagrams and blueprints for Altera devices, 1986; Oversize periodical, 1997; Mounted graphics, ca. 1990

Box 7-9: Packaged Altera software, 1985-1991

Box 10: VHS tapes and CDs, 1991-2003

Biographical / historical:

Altera Corporation was founded in 1983 and was a leading designer and supplier in the semiconductor industry. Altera manufactured programmable logic devices (PLDs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and also created and sold associated logic development software tools. Its initial product was the EP300 chip, which was the first reprogrammable logic device. Altera, which continued to be a leader in FPGA technology, was acquired by Intel in 2015, and is now known as the Intel Programmable Solutions Group (PSG).

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Altera Corporation, 2015.
Processing information:

Collection surveyed by Sydney Gulbronson Olson, 2018.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Sydney Gulbronson Olson
Date Prepared:
January 2018
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-01-29T13:32-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The Computer History Museum (CHM) can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Requests for copying and permission to publish, quote, or reproduce any portion of the Computer History Museum's collection must be obtained jointly from both the copyright holder (if applicable) and the Computer History Museum.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], [Date], Altera Corporation records, Lot X7683.2016, Box [#], Computer History Museum.

Location of this collection:
1401 Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043, US
Contact:
(650) 810-1010
research@computerhistory.org
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