About Using the Tau Software with the Intel Quartus Prime Software

You can use the Mentor Graphics^® Tau timing analysis software to perform timing verification of a board-level design. The Intel^® Quartus^® Prime software generates Stamp model files Definition, which you can import into the Tau software to perform board-level timing verification.

The following topics describe the typical flow for generating the Stamp model files and importing them into the Tau software:

1. Set up the Tau working environment
2. Create Stamp Model Files with the Intel^® Quartus^® Prime Software
3. Perform timing verification with the Tau Software