March 26, 2007

 Terasic Technologies Inc., the leading provider of state-of-the-art FPGA prototyping systems, announced that Altera Corporation awarded Terasic Technologies a Supplier Excellence Award for outstanding partnership support during 2006. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR), the world's pioneer in system-on-a-programmable chip (SOPC) solutions, provides high-value programmable solutions to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide. 
  
"Terasic Technologies has shown exemplary support of the DE2, DE1, our customer base, and our worldwide sales during 2006," said Stephen Brown, Sr. Director Software & System Engineering and Mike Phipps, Altera University Program Manager. "Terasic met our still increasing DE2 board demands, answered numerous customer inquiries with all positive results, supported most of the Eastern Asia SOPC events and continued to be responsive to our needs. We are pleased to have you as a trusted partner."    

"Altera is pleased with the work that you have done," said Stephen Brown, Sr. Director Software & System Engineering. "Terasic exemplifies the type of company that we like to represent us from a business, technical, and ethical standpoint."

Sean Peng, Terasic Technologies' Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are honored to receive this prestigious award. The recognition has encouraged us to continuously keep our service standards up. We promise to provide Altera Corporation with the highest quality, fast delivery and superior service. We look forward to keeping our long, mutually trusted relationship with Altera Corporation."  

About Terasic Technologies

Terasic Technologies is the leading provider in high-performance hardware and software solutions for ASIC prototyping, multimedia and image processing markets. Headquartered in Taiwan, Terasic Technologies is committed to serve global customers well and provide highly optimized FPGA systems for the highest quality at the lowest total cost.