• New Products include the Stratix^® V (including GS, GT and GX), Stratix IV (including E, GX and GT), Arria^® V, Arria II (including GX and GZ), Cyclone^® V, Cyclone IV (including E and GX), MAX^® V and HardCopy^® IV devices.
• Mainstream Products include the Stratix III, Cyclone III, MAX II and HardCopy III devices.
• Mature and Other Products include the Stratix II (and GX), Stratix (and GX), Arria GX, Cyclone II, Cyclone, Classic™, MAX 3000A, MAX 7000, MAX 7000A, MAX 7000B, MAX 7000S, MAX 9000, HardCopy II, HardCopy, FLEX^® series, APEX™ series, Mercury™, Excalibur™ devices, configuration and other devices, intellectual property cores, and software and other tools.

Business Outlook for the Fourth Quarter 2012

Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call

A conference call will be held today at 1:45 p.m. Pacific time to discuss the quarter's results and management's current business outlook. The web cast and subsequent replay will be available in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.altera.com. A telephonic replay of the call may be accessed later in the day by calling (719) 457-0820 and referencing confirmation code 258712. The telephonic replay will be available for two weeks following the live call.

Fourth Quarter Update and 2013 Guidance

Altera's fourth quarter business update will be issued in a press release available after the market close on December 4, 2012. The release will also include Altera financial guidance for 2013. A conference call with the investment community will take place at 1:45 PM Pacific time on December 4, 2012, to review and comment on 2013 guidance.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not historical are "forward-looking statements" as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally written in the future tense and/or preceded by words such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," or other words that imply or predict a future state. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our expectation of expansion in 28 nm FPGA opportunities, our ability to displace ASICs and ASSPs and our competitive position at 28 nm and our product developments at the 20 nm process node and their effect on the magnitude of our market opportunity, as well as any projection of revenue, gross margin, expense or other financial items discussed in the Business Outlook section or elsewhere in this press release. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainty that can cause actual results to differ from those currently anticipated, due to a number of factors, including without limitation, current global economic conditions, customer business environment, customer inventory levels, vertical market mix, market acceptance of the company's products, product introduction schedules, the rate of growth of the company's new products including Cyclone <