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Altera Extends Lifecycle Support for Several FPGA Families Through 2045

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Altera Extends Lifecycle Support for Several FPGA Families Through 2045
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Altera Extends Lifecycle Support for Several FPGA Families Through 2045

2026-04-09 23:02 Last Updated At:23:20

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2026--

Altera, the world’s largest pure play FPGA solutions provider, today announced it is extending product life cycle support for its Agilex®, MAX® 10, and Cyclone® V FPGA families through 2045, underscoring its focused approach as an independent FPGA solutions provider to prioritize long-term customer needs, supply stability, and sustained support for FPGA-based mission-critical applications.

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The extension reinforces Altera’s commitment to customers building long-life systems across industrial, communications, aerospace, medical, and transportation markets, where semiconductor platforms must remain available and supported for decades. With this move, Altera enables customers to design with confidence, ensuring long-term supply continuity while reducing the risk of costly redesigns and recertification.

“Customers developing long-life systems need both performance and predictability,” said Mike Fitton, vice president of marketing and enablement group at Altera. “By extending support of these FPGA families through 2045, we’re providing the stability and flexibility required to support systems over decades of deployment.”

Agilex series FPGAs and SoCs 1, MAX 10 FPGAs, and Cyclone V FPGAs and SoCs are now planned for availability through 2045 2, reinforcing long-term platform stability for customers across diverse applications.

In production for more than a decade, MAX 10 FPGAs continue to stand out for cost- and power-sensitive designs requiring instant-on capability and integrated functionality. Cyclone V FPGAs and SoCs, widely deployed across a broad range of end markets, remains a proven, trusted platform for customers extending the life of established designs. Altera’s latest Agilex series of FPGAs and SoCs delivers a differentiated range of solutions, from optimized efficiency to leading-edge performance, enabling customers to scale across evolving system requirements.

Altera's Commitment to Supporting Long-Lifecycle Systems

Long-life systems in many end markets remain in operation for 10 to 20 years or longer, where component obsolescence can drive costly redesigns, recertification, and operational disruption. As an independent FPGA solutions provider, Altera has the flexibility and agility to make decisions focused on the needs of FPGA users. By extending support for many of its most popular FPGA families, Altera helps customers reduce redesign risk, simplify long-term maintenance and support planning, and maintain continuity across deployed platforms.

For more information, visit Altera’s Long-Life Systems blog.

About Altera

Altera is the industry’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, with an exclusive focus on delivering FPGA innovations to the broad market. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of programmable hardware, software, and development tools that empower designers of electronic systems to innovate, differentiate, and execute with greater speed and efficiency. With industry-leading FPGAs, SoCs, and design solutions, Altera enables customers to achieve faster time-to-market, greater flexibility, and optimized performance across a wide range of applications, spanning physical AI, industrial automation, audio/video, robotics, aerospace, defense, data centers, telecommunications, and more. For more information, visit www.altera.com.

 

Altera Extends Lifecycle Support for Several FPGA Families Through 2045

Altera Extends Lifecycle Support for Several FPGA Families Through 2045

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FILE - Colton Herta prepares to drive during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - Colton Herta prepares to drive during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

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