Altia’s HMI Tools Selected by Altera for Use in the PARIS Automotive Infotainment Development Platform

Altia’s Human Machine Interface Software Brings Advanced Graphics to Automotive Electronics Systems Designers

Colorado Springs, Colo., March 31, 2008 - Altia, Inc. today announced its HMI tools have been selected by Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) for use in the PARIS automotive infotainment development platform. Jointly developed by Altera and TRS-STAR, PARIS is the industry’s first FPGA-based platform that enables designers to develop and scale automotive infotainment systems. Altia, a proven solution in the automotive industry, provides best-in-class GUI development tools and outstanding expertise in embedded system development.

The Altia® DeepScreen® code generator produces deployable graphics code from the Altia Design GUI builder for the PARIS platform. The DeepScreen code generator is available in two versions for PARIS:

• The first is a software-based rendering solution which leverages Altera’s Nios® II embedded processor for all graphical operations.

• The second version of the DeepScreen code generator for PARIS is a hardware-based rendering solution which utilizes the TES D/AVE graphics engine.

The first version allows developers to get the highest graphics performance without the added cost of hardware acceleration. The second version, the hardware-accelerated target, takes full advantage of the TES D/AVE Graphics IP and maximizes performance with parallel hardware/software processing. Both solutions allow for 2D, color graphics with a full set of rendering features -- vector objects, bitmaps, text, alpha blending, and transformations like scaling and rotation.

The FPGA-based PARIS platform, announced in October 2007, is designed to enable the easy integration of pre-approved intellectual property (IP) from Altera and partners and facilitate the fast and efficient development of automotive electronics applications. The PARIS platform features an Altera Stratix® II FPGA and Nios II embedded processor. It also includes digital signal processing (DSP) and video and imaging IP suites, and support for the latest automotive networking standards such as CAN, MOST, LIN, and FlexRay. Once designed, the PARIS platform allows automotive OEMs to port their designs into a production-qualified CPLD or FPGA or migrate to a low-cost, high-performance HardCopy® II ASIC.

About Altia

Altia, Inc. is a software company that provides user interface design and development tools that can be used from concept to final product code. Altia was founded in 1991 and its customers include GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota, Visteon, Guidant, Lockheed Martin and hundreds of other leading manufacturers. For more information about Altia, visit www.altia.com or contact Peter Abowd at +1 248-921-4782.

Altia, Inc. is located at 7222 Commerce Center Drive, Suite 240, Colorado Springs, CO, 80919. Tel: 719-598-4299 - Fax: 719-598-4392 - Web: www.altia.com