Arria 10 GX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit User Guide

ID 683553
Date 8/08/2017
Public
Document Table of Contents

1.1.2. Software

The new Intel® Quartus® Prime design software includes everything needed to design for Intel FPGAs, SoCs and CPLDs from design entry and synthesis to optimization, verification and simulation. The Intel® Quartus® Prime software includes an additional Spectra-Q® engine that is optimized for future devices. The Spectra-Q® engine enables new levels of design productivity for next generation programmable devices with a set of faster and more scalable algorithms, a hierarchical database infrastructure and a unified compiler technology.

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software is available in three editions based on specific design requirements: Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition, Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition, and Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Suite Lite Edition.
  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition is optimized to support the advanced features in Altera's next generation FPGAs and SoCs, starting with the Arria 10 device family and requires a paid license.
  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition includes the most extensive support for Altera's latest device families and requires paid license.
  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition provides an ideal entry point to Altera's high-volume device families and is available as a free download with no license file required.

Included in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition are the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, Nios® II EDS and the Intel® FPGA IP IP Library. To install Intel's development tools, download the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software from this web page in the Download Center of Intel's website.