2.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software
Intel® Quartus® Prime Software
- Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software Version 18.1 Update 1 has been updated with Curl 7.64.0, CygWin 3.0.3, flexnet_publisher 11.16.1.0, openssl 1.0.2r, python 3.6.8, ccl_sqlite3 3.27.0, sqlite3 (python) 3.26.0, xerces-c++ 3.2.2, and zlib 1.2.11, which include functional and security updates. Update to the latest version of Intel Quartus Prime Design Software as soon as possible.
- Added Generic Flash Programmer tool, which supports a wide range of third-party QSPI flash devices.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Software GUI
- In the IP Catalog, the following IP core names were changed:
- FIR II Intel FPGA IP (was FIR II)
- FP_ACC_CUSTOM Intel FPGA IP (was ALTERA_FP_ACC_CUSTOM)
- FP_FUNCTIONS Intel FPGA IP (was ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS)
Also, other IP cores might be renamed to remove "Altera" from their name in the IP Catalog.
- Added a link to the Intel® Quartus® Prime License Agreements to the About Quartus Prime dialog box.
- For Cyclone® IV and Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP device families, removed 2.5 V as a valid device I/O voltage.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Command Line
- Added a link to the Intel® Quartus® Prime License Agreements to the command-line banner.
Intel® Quartus® Prime Device Support
- For Cyclone® IV and Cyclone® V devices, updated the Serial Flash Loader (SFL) factory image to allow the devices to be programmed with a JTAG indirect configuration file (.jic).
Intel® Quartus® Prime Compilation and Design Flows
- Updated synthesis to ensure that a non-dedicated reference clock signal (refclk) generates an error message.
- Fixed an issue causing abnormally large memory size when inferring ROM with read enabled.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in the following error message:
Internal Error: Sub-system: AMM, File: /quartus/db/amm/amm_atom_mod_util_impl.cpp, Line: 4729
Advanced Link Analyzer (formerly JNEye)
- Enhanced Advanced Link Analyzer:
- Added full end-to-end mixed-mode simulation support.
- Enhanced Channel Viewer to show effective return loss (ERL).
- Enhanced Channel Designer to add support for both far-end (FEXT) and near-end (NEXT) crosstalk extractions.
Platform Designer (former Qsys)
- Fixed an issue that prevented simulation of systems using a Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition design.
Programmer
- Fixed issues that caused programming failures when using Macronix MX25L and Cypress S25FL flash memory devices.
- Fixed issues that caused programming failures when using Intel EPCQ-A serial configuration devices.
Timing Analyzer
- Fixed an issue that resulted in the following error message:
Internal Error: Sub-system: STA, File: /quartus/tsm/sta/sta_report_metastability.cpp, Line: 2264