Altera to release its software before the release of actual product- good news for Developers

Altera to release its software before the release of actual product- good news for DevelopersAltera Corporation declared a launch of FPGAs with the highest bandwidth; it discovered the 28-nm Stratix V FPGA family of offerings.

This product is designed to meet the high end functionalities like defense broadcast and healthcare markets. This new range of products features integrated 28-Gbps transceivers targeting up to 100G systems.

Altera decided to release its software 6 months before the before the shipping of the actual product for its developers.

It understands the complexity and coding involve in making a software, so to make developers software friendly, it has decided to release the software two quarter before the actual product shipping.

He said that this release will give developers enough time to adapt its applications and can start its coding, create prototypes well ahead of the actual product shipping.

Gangatharan Gopal, country sales manager and office manager, India, said that Altera's Stratix V range of offerings is meant for high end capabilities, it is aimed at speed and precision in domains like security and healthcare.

He said that this release will give developers enough time to adapt its applications and can start its coding, create prototypes well ahead of the actual product release.

This step will prove beneficial for developers and will bring innovation in the field of software development.