Quartus® Prime Design Software
The intuitive high-performance design environment. From design entry and synthesis to optimization, verification, and simulation, Quartus® Prime Design Software unlocks increased capabilities on devices with multi-million logic elements, providing designers with the ideal platform to meet next-generation design opportunities.
Quartus® Prime Design Software
What's New in Version 24.1
- Design with Agilex™ 5 FPGA E- Series with a no-cost license in Quartus Prime Pro 24.1.
- Preproduction Quartus Exploration Dashboard offering visual compilation results across multiple instances of Quartus Prime Software.
- Launch simulations directly from the Quartus Prime Graphical User Interface (GUI).
- Accelerate synthesis compile time with Precompiled Component (PCC) generation flow.
- New Synthesis Capabilities:
- Transition older RTL files to conform to Verilog/VHDL standards with the RTL linter tool.
- Improved RAM inference and the ability to suppress warnings in RTL modules.
- Enhanced Timing Analyzer Functionality:
- New scripting options and sign-off capabilities for advanced timing analysis.
- Visualize async CDCs and timing in Chip Planner.
- Advanced Link Analyzer Features and Enhancements:
- New Link Builder
- Intuitive UI for automatic channel/device import and schematic creation.
- Automatic link establishment with multi-lane S-parameter support for enhanced signal path management.
- GUI scaling with high DPI monitor support for improved user experience.
- Data Viewer to improve FEC code word error analysis result.
- New Link Builder
- Simulation Time Improvements:
- Faster simulation times with the new Qrun and FEC models introduced.
- Fixes to reset sequencing, PLL lock timing, and bypassing of AVMM traffic across AIB.
What's New for FPGA IPs
- MIPI D-PHY and MIPI CSI-2 support up to 2.5G.
- Transceiver Direct PHY support up to 17G with transceiver toolkit enabled with Multi-Rate IP (MRIP) for implementing multiple protocols with varying data rates.
- First FPGA family to offer both DDR5 and LPDDR5.
- PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 x4 enabled with scalable DMA IP.
- Ethernet 10G/25G with MAC and PCS capability and PTP 1588 support.
- JESD204C up to 17G.
- Unlock new scripting options and sign-off capabilities for advanced timing analysis.
- Visualize async CDCs and timing in Chip Planner.
- Simulation time improvement.
Agilex™ 7 FPGA IP Features:
- R-Tile:
- Multi-channel DMA IP (AXI) up to PCIe 5.0 x16.
- Transaction Layer (TL) Bypass Mode for flexibility integrating 3rd party PCIe Switch IP.
- New design example for PCIe 5.0 x4 endpoint configuration.
- F-Tile:
- Simulation time reduction in PIPE mode with FastSIM, along with Ubuntu driver support for all example designs.
- Extended support up to 64 embedded endpoint devices.
- Added Debug Tool Kit (DTK) on switch IP for expanded coverage.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Quartus® Prime Design Software
Quartus® Prime Software enables a fast path to turning Altera® FPGA, SoC, and CPLD designs into reality. It provides tools and features needed to help with every step from design entry and synthesis to optimization, verification, and simulation. Check out the Quartus Prime Software brochure for more details.
Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software and Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software require a paid license, but Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software is license-free. A fixed-node subscription supports access to the Pro Edition and Standard Edition, was well as the Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition with one year of maintenance. To obtain a license, go to the Intel® FPGA Licensing Support Center.
If you are ready to purchase a license or need advanced FPGA and SoC features—such as support for Agilex® 7, Stratix® 10, Arria® 10, and Cyclone® 10 LP device families—first purchase a paid license from the Intel® FPGA Licensing Support Center. To get started with the free version of Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software or to download a licensed version, go to Quartus Prime Software downloads.