Altera announced second quarter sales of $469.3 million, up 17 percent from the first quarter of 2010 and up 68 percent from the second quarter of 2009. New product sales increased 36 percent sequentially. Second quarter net income was $180.6 million, compared with net income of $153.2 million in the first quarter of 2010 and $47.4 million in the second quarter of 2009.