Intel Quartus Prime is programmable logic device design software produced by Intel; prior to Intel's acquisition of Altera the tool was called Altera Quartus Prime, earlier Altera Quartus II. Quartus Prime enables analysis and synthesis of HDL designs, which enables the developer to compile their designs, perform timing analysis, examine RTL diagrams, simulate a design's reaction to different stimuli, and configure the target device with the programmer. Quartus Prime includes an implementation of VHDL and Verilog for hardware description, visual editing of logic circuits, and vector waveform simulation.
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- The Lite Edition is a free version of Quartus Prime that can be downloaded for free. This edition provided compilation and programming for a limited number of Intel FPGA devices. The low-cost Cyclone family of FPGAs is fully supported by this edition, as well as the MAX family of CPLDs, meaning small developers and educational institutions.
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Quartus prime download, with three Intel® Quartus® Prime Software editions to meet specific FPGA system design requirements; Pro, Standard, and Lite. The Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software supports the advanced features in Intel's next-generation FPGAs and SoCs with the Intel® Agilex™, Intel® Stratix® 10, Intel® Arria® 10, and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX device families.
Features[edit]
Quartus Prime software features include:
- Platform Designer (previously QSys, previously SOPC Builder), a tool that eliminates manual system integration tasks by automatically generating interconnect logic and creating a testbench to verify functionality.
- SoCEDS, a set of development tools, utility programs, run-time software, and application examples to help you develop software for SoC FPGA embedded systems.
- DSP Builder, a tool that creates a seamless bridge between the MATLAB/Simulink tool and Quartus Prime software, so FPGA designers have the algorithm development, simulation, and verification capabilities of MATLAB/Simulink system-level design tools
- External memory interface toolkit, which identifies calibration issues and measures the margins for each DQS signal.
- Generation of JAM/STAPL files for JTAG in-circuit device programmers.
Editions[edit]
Lite Edition[edit]
The Lite Edition is a free version of Quartus Prime that can be downloaded for free. This edition provided compilation and programming for a limited number of Intel FPGA devices. The low-cost Cyclone family of FPGAs is fully supported by this edition, as well as the MAX family of CPLDs, meaning small developers and educational institutions have no overheads from the cost of development software.
Standard Edition[edit]
The Standard Edition support an extensive number of FPGA devices but require a license.
Pro Edition[edit]
The Pro Edition support only latest FPGA devices.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
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Notes:
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- Starting with Intel Quartus Prime Software version 14.0, Intel FPGA software only supports 64 bit versions of the OS listed in Table 1, unless specified. The 32-bit library files are required to run the software on Linux* 64-bit platforms.
- 32-bit Standalone Programmer is only supported in Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition version 18.1 and prior only.
- Red Hat 5 support is dropped since Intel Quartus Prime Standard version 18.0 onwards.
- Starting with Nios II EDS in Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition version 19.2 and Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition version 19.1, the Cygwin component in the Windows version of Nios II EDS has been removed and replaced with WSL. For installation instructions, refer to the Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on the Windows section in the Nios II Software Developer Handbook. For machines installed with McAfee Endpoint Security, the minimum requirement is Windows 10 Version 1809 (OS build 17763). If you are using a network drive for the Nios II EDS, the minimum requirement is Windows 10 Version 1903 (OS build 18362).
- The Intel Quartus Prime Standard and Pro Editions are no longer supported under Windows 7 and replaced with Window 10. For Windows users, you will need to download and install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows 10.
For more information about software system requirements, refer to the following pages:
- Release notes and readme.txt files for ModelSim-Intel FPGA software in Table 2
- Nios II Embedded Design Suite Legacy Tools page
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For information about system memory requirements for designs targeting different Intel FPGA architectures, refer to:
For detailed information about the ACDS, refer to the readme.txt files in Table 2.
Table 2 lists the release notes and readme.txt files for current and past Intel Quartus software versions along with the corresponding ModelSim-Intel FPGA software versions.