New to ALTERA Devices!

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Hello,  

I am new to ALTERA products and starting a position in sales regarding Altera devices. Is there any documents that would help me better understand the products uses and why companies use this product so that I can better my field sales knowledge? I am not an engineer and only deal with sales but it is my opinion that I should have as much information at me disposal as possible if anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated.   nDmode

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Just to make it clear, I did read the overall device overviews and specs but what I am most interested is the uses of the product and the relating markets. For example I understand that FPGAs are being used in DVR products but how is the product put to use in this context? and what other applications do Altera products have?  

 nDmode

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You'll want to look up general applications for FPGA's. At the highest level, there's nothing particularly specific to Altera products.

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Thank you for your reply. I think I have a good idea what I need to do but I would like to ask from the forum users perspective as Altera users/Engineers, what do you think would be important for a sales representitive to know. Are there any problems you encounter with your own sales represntatives? Haha sorry for the bother but since I am gonna be in this field I would like to be the best at what I do and make everyone elses life easier in the process.

[Altera_Forum]

Our sales reps are usually engineers who understand the applications of the target customer.

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Thank you for all the help, I think this post is done. I figured out what I needed to know and look forward to learning more in the future.