2016.05.03 |
16.0.0 |
Stated limitations about deprecated physical synthesis options. |
2015.11.02 |
15.1.0 |
Changed instances of Quartus II to Quartus® Prime . |
2015.05.04 |
15.0.0 |
Removed Early Timing Estimate feature support. |
2014.12.15 |
14.1.0 |
- Updated location of Fitter Settings, Analysis & Synthesis Settings, and Physical Optimization Settings to Compiler Settings.
- Updated DSE II content.
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2014.08.18 |
14.0a10.0 |
Added restriction about smart compilation in Arria 10 devices. |
June 2014 |
14.0.0 |
- Dita conversion.
- Replaced MegaWizard Plug-In Manager content with IP Catalog and Parameter Editor content.
- Revised functional safety section. Added export and import sections.
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November 2013 |
13.1.0 |
Removed HardCopy device information. Revised information about Rapid Recompile. Added information about functional safety. Added information about flattening sub-partition hierarchies. |
November 2012 |
12.1.0 |
Added Turning On Supported Cross-boundary Optimizations. |
June 2012 |
12.0.0 |
Removed survey link. |
November 2011 |
11.0.1 |
Template update. |
May 2011 |
11.0.0 |
- Updated “Tcl Scripting and Command-Line Examples”.
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December 2010 |
10.1.0 |
- Changed to new document template.
- Reorganized Tcl scripting section. Added description for new feature: Ignore partitions assignments during compilation option.
- Reorganized “Incremental Compilation Summary” section.
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July 2010 |
10.0.0 |
- Removed the explanation of the “bottom-up design flow” where designers work completely independently, and replaced with Altera’s recommendations for team-based environments where partitions are developed in the same top-level project framework, plus an explanation of the bottom-up process for including independent partitions from third-party IP designers.
- Expanded the Merge command explanation to explain how it now accommodates cross-partition boundary optimizations.
- Restructured Altera recommendations for when to use a floorplan.
- Added “Viewing the Contents of a Quartus® Prime Exported Partition File (.qxp)” section.
- Reorganized chapter to make design flow scenarios more visible; integrated into various sections rather than at the end of the chapter.
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October 2009 |
9.1.0 |
- Redefined the bottom-up design flow as team-based and reorganized previous design flow examples to include steps on how to pass top-level design information to lower-level designers.
- Moved SDC Constraints from Lower-Level Partitions section to the Best Practices for Incremental Compilation Partitions and Floorplan Assignments chapter in volume 1 of the Quartus® Prime Handbook.
- Reorganized the “Conclusion” section.
- Removed HardCopy APEX and HardCopy Stratix Devices section.
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March 2009 |
9.0.0 |
- Split up netlist types table
- Moved “Team-Based Incremental Compilation Design Flow” into the “Including or Integrating partitions into the Top-Level Design” section.
- Added new section “Including or Integrating Partitions into the Top-Level Design”.
- Removed “Exporting a Lower-Level Partition that Uses a JTAG Feature” restriction
- Other edits throughout chapter
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November 2008 |
8.1.0 |
- Added new section “Importing SDC Constraints from Lower-Level Partitions” on page 2–44
- Removed the Incremental Synthesis Only option
- Removed section “OpenCore Plus Feature for MegaCore Functions in Bottom-Up Flows”
- Removed section “Compilation Time with Physical Synthesis Optimizations”
- Added information about using a .qxp as a source design file without importing
- Reorganized several sections
- Updated Figure 2–10
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