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Altera Joins OPNFV Open Source Platform to Bring the Value of FPGAs to Network Function VirtualizationSAN JOSE, Calif., July 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the company has joined the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV), a carrier-grade, integrated, open source flexible platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services using NFV (network function virtualization). As an open source project, OPNFV is positioned to bring together the work of standards bodies, open source communities and commercial suppliers to deliver a de facto standard open source NFV platform for the industry. NFV uses IT virtualization technologies to virtualize entire classes of network node functions into building blocks that may be connected, or chained, to create communication services. Altera will join working groups inside the OPNFV to expand the use of FPGA accelerators in virtual machines running different software and processes on top of industry-standard, high-volume servers, storage and cloud computing infrastructure. "FPGAs can be used to 'super-charge' virtual machine applications while saving on power, making them an excellent fit for the NFV industry," said Francis Chow, vice president and general manager of the Communications Business Unit for Altera. "At the same time, FPGAs canreduce capital and operational expenditures, speed service and improve product introduction times for NFV applications, providing a more efficient solution." FPGAs act as accelerators by offloading compute workloads, using less power than general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs) and central processor units (CPUs) —which helps data centers run cooler. FPGA- and SoC-based solutions are already accelerating servers in the data center in search and convolutional neural networks applications. "OPNFV is about collaboration from a diverse group of players from across the industry to craft an open platform that we can all use to accelerate NFV," said Heather Kirksey, director, OPNFV. "We are excited to welcome new silver member, Altera, who is poised to help us implement the goals of open source NFV." The OPNFV's Work Benefits Service Providers About Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) OPNFV is a Collaborative Project at The Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects are independently funded software projects that harness the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation across industries and ecosystems. www.linuxfoundation.org. About Altera ALTERA, ARRIA, CYCLONE, ENPIRION, MAX, MEGACORE, NIOS, QUARTUS and STRATIX words and logos are trademarks of Altera Corporation and registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other words and logos identified as trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective holders as described at www.altera.com/about/legal.html. Editor Contact: Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150701/227589 Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101012/SF78952LOGO To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/altera-joins-opnfv-open-source-platform-to-bring-the-value-of-fpgas-to-network-function-virtualization-300107822.html SOURCE Altera Corporation |