1.1. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Standard Edition Prerequisites
The Intel® HLS Compiler Standard Edition is part of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Suite. You can install the Intel® HLS Compiler as part of your Intel® Quartus® Prime software installation or install it separately. It requires Intel® Quartus® Prime and additional software to use.
For detailed instructions about installing Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software, including system requirements, prerequisites, and licensing requirements, see Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing .
The Intel® HLS Compiler requires the following software in addition to Intel® Quartus® Prime:
C++ Compiler
For Linux, install GCC 4.4.7 including the GNU C++ library.
These libraries are included in the version of Linux supported by the Intel® HLS Compiler.
Important: The Intel® HLS Compiler Standard Edition software does not support versions of the GCC compiler other than GCC 4.4.7.
For Windows, install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional.
Important: The Intel® HLS Compiler Standard Edition software does not support versions of Microsoft Visual Studio other than Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional.
Mentor Graphics* ModelSim* Software
On Windows and RedHat Linux systems, you can install the ModelSim* software from the Intel® Quartus® Prime software installer. The available options are:
- ModelSim* - Intel® FPGA Edition
- ModelSim* - Intel® FPGA Starter Edition
On RedHat Linux systems, ModelSim* software requires the Red Hat development tools packages. Additionally, any 32-bit versions of ModelSim* software (including those provided with Intel® Quartus® Prime) require additional 32-bit libraries. The commands to install these requirements are provided in Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Getting Started Guide .
For information about all the ModelSim* software versions that the Intel® software supports, refer to the EDA Interface Information section in the Software and Device Support Release Notes for your edition of Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition