Altera

The FPGA landscape shifted decisively in 2025 when Altera regained its independence from Intel, emerging as the world’s largest pure-play programmable logic company. Backed by Silver Lake Capital with a 51% stake and Intel retaining a 49% passive interest, Altera now operates with full autonomy over its foundry choices and product roadmap. Its flagship Agilex FPGA family spans four tiers: Agilex 3 for low-power edge applications, Agilex 5 with integrated AI tensor blocks, Agilex 7 optimized for data center and networking workloads, and Agilex 9 for military and aerospace systems. Legacy families including MAX 10, Cyclone V, and Arria remain widely deployed across industrial automation, test equipment, and communications infrastructure. For component distributors, Altera Cyclone and MAX 10 FPGAs are among the most frequently quoted programmable logic parts, appearing regularly on BOMs for industrial control, video processing, and communications equipment.