SAN JOSE, Calif., April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera
Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the company has joined
the Industrial Internet Consortium, a collaborative industry
organization facilitating development of a global ecosystem for the
Internet of Things (IoT). Specifically, Altera is working together
with the consortium's membership on technical roadmaps to build out
the Industrial Internet, a network of intelligent devices
and sensors between which data can be exchanged via different
connectivity protocols to drive productivity enhancements across a
wide range of end-market applications. The promise of IoT is that
this intelligent connected network will enable companies to create
"smart" new business applications that deliver asset and
operational optimization and streamline or automate existing
processes.
"The IIC is leading in the development of industrial IoT
innovation and technology," said Dr. Richard Soley, executive director, Industrial
Internet Consortium. "We are pleased Altera has joined the IIC,
offering its experience in FPGA and SoC-based solutions, for the
development of IoT systems that are more flexible and secure."
FPGAs Enable Intelligent and Flexible IoT Gateways and
Analytics Acceleration
Altera's highly customizable FPGA
(field programmable gate array) and SoC (system on chip) products
offer designers the ability to securely bridge diverse and evolving
wired and wireless interface standards across a broad range of IoT
applications. FPGA technology also supports the acceleration of
data analytics and control functions in both the data center, and
locally, at the edge, that are core to emerging IoT application
requirements.
"Altera technology will enable the IIC to look at innovative
ways to support accelerated intelligent cloud and gateway platforms
that collect and process the input from a wide variety of 'things'
at the edge of the network," said David
Moore, director, Industrial Business Unit at Altera.
"These platforms can benefit significantly from Altera's hardware
and software programmability, which can flexibly service fragmented
application needs while offering the performance to
cost-effectively accelerate analytics and security in the data
center and IoT infrastructure."
Altera FPGA, SoC and power products already play a significant
role in enabling connectivity in RF wireless systems and
machine-to-machine communication networks. In addition,
programmable logic is applied extensively in factory automation and
smart grid applications, supporting high-performance control and
analytics that enhance the efficiency, safety, and security in
advanced manufacturing and power systems. FPGAs are also being
deployed in next-generation automotive and medical IoT systems, and
in smart city applications, such as intelligent lighting and
traffic management systems that incorporate high-performance
embedded vision and video analytics capabilities. To learn more
about Altera's IoT solutions go to
www.altera.com/solutions/technology/iot/overview.html.
About Industrial Internet Consortium
The Industrial
Internet Consortium is an open membership organization, with more
than 150 members to date, formed to accelerate the development,
adoption and widespread use of interconnected machines and devices,
intelligent analytics, and people at work. Founded by AT&T,
Cisco, General Electric, IBM and Intel in March 2014, the Industrial Internet Consortium
catalyzes and coordinates the priorities and enabling technologies
of the Industrial Internet. www.iiconsortium.org.
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable designers of electronic
systems to rapidly and cost effectively innovate, differentiate and
win in their markets. Altera offers FPGA, SoC, CPLD, and
complementary technologies, such as power solutions to
provide high-value solutions to customers worldwide. Visit Altera
at www.altera.com.
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