SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Altera® Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today
announced Electronics Weekly magazine selected the Altera
SDK for OpenCL as its design tool of the year at the annual
Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards gala in London. These accolades represent the latest
in a series of awards and recognitions the Altera SDK for OpenCL
has received since its release in 2012. Today, Altera offers the
industry's only OpenCL-conformant solution that allows software
programmers to easily implement OpenCL applications on FPGA
accelerators.
The Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards are the most
prestigious product, technology and business awards in Europe. Founded by Electronics Weekly
in 2003, the Elektra Awards recognize the achievements of
individuals and companies in the electronics industry. The awards
are presented to companies whose products demonstrate advanced
technical capabilities and usefulness. A panel of independent
industry experts and representatives from Electronics Weekly
selected the Altera SDK for OpenCL as the winner in its "Design
Tools and Development Software" category.
Altera offers the industry's only OpenCL-conformant solution for
FPGAs. The Altera SDK for OpenCL allows programmers to develop
algorithms with the OpenCL language and harness the performance and
power efficiencies of FPGAs. The Altera SDK for OpenCL includes a
rapid prototyping design flow that allows OpenCL kernel code to be
emulated, debugged, optimized, profiled and re-compiled to a
hardware implementation in minutes. The re-compiled kernels can be
tested and run on an FPGA immediately, saving programmers weeks of
development time. Learn more about Altera's OpenCL solutions at
www.altera.com/opencl.
"OpenCL opens the world of FPGA acceleration to a vast community
of software programmers and our users continue to be very pleased
with the progress we have made over the years developing a
comprehensive OpenCL development flow," said Bill Jenkins, senior software product marketing
manager at Altera. "We are honored to be presented with the 2014
Elektra Award."
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable
designers of electronic systems to rapidly and cost effectively
innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Altera offers
FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs and complementary technologies, such
as power management, to provide high-value solutions to
customers worldwide. Learn more at www.altera.com.
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Editor Contact:
Jacqueline
Kershing
Altera Corporation
(408) 544-8204
newsroom@altera.com
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