SAN JOSE, Calif., July 31,
2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera® Corporation (Nasdaq:
ALTR) announced today that Ricoh Group, a global technology company
headquartered in Tokyo and
specializing in office imaging equipment, production print
solutions, document management systems and IT services, has chosen
Altera Cyclone® IV FPGAs to power its newly introduced
line of printers, the RICOH SP 3600DN Series. Altera's Cyclone IV
FPGAs power the image processing capability of the RICOH SP 3600
Series printers, helping implement new features such as 1200 dpi
image quality improvements, serial print speeds, and fast print
speed. In addition, Cyclone IV FPGAs allow Ricoh to significantly
reduce overall costs and design time during development.
RICOH SP 3600DN Series printers provide high performance while
featuring a compact and modern design effective for general offices
and locations with limited space.
"We selected Altera FPGAs rather than application-specific
integrated circuits to bring more flexibility, programmability,
lower cost, and lower power to this platform and future platforms,"
said Naohiko Miyoshi, Group
Leader of 3rd Designing Center Imaging Systems Development
Division, Ricoh Co., Ltd. "In addition, Altima, Altera's
distributor in Japan, provided
excellent technical support that enabled the development of this
new printer series."
"The features Ricoh wanted to focus on are a perfect fit for the
cost-effectiveness, low power consumption, and programmability
offered by Cyclone FPGAs," said David
Gamba, Director of Computer & Storage Business Unit,
Altera. "Altera FPGAs offer a level of flexibility superior
to ASICs and enable companies to remain competitive in their
markets by delivering their products to market much faster. We are
pleased Ricoh has chosen Altera."
Altera's low-end product offerings, including Cyclone IV,
Cyclone V and MAX® 10 FPGAs, are being widely adopted in
the volume markets of printers, digital cameras and
multi-functional printers (MFPs). In addition, due to increasing
end-of-life risks and non-recurring engineering costs, customers
are migrating from microcontroller units (MCUs) and ASICs to
low-cost, low-power FPGAs. Offering up to 150K logic elements
(LEs), Cyclone IV FPGAs require only two power supplies for
operation, simplifying the power distribution network and saving
board costs, board space, and design time.
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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Kershing
Altera Corporation
(408) 544-8204
newsroom@altera.com
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