Simulator Support

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software supports specific EDA simulator versions for RTL and gate-level simulation.
Table 1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Supported Simulators
Vendor Simulator Version Platform Supports

Siemens EDA

Verification IP
Aldec Active-HDL® 14.0 Windows® 64-bit No
Aldec Riviera-PRO® 2023.04.082 Windows, Linux, 64-bit No
Cadence Xcelium™ Parallel Simulator 23.03.003 Linux 64-bit Yes
Intel FPGA Questa® Intel® FPGA Edition 2023.2 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Siemens EDA QuestaSim® Simulator1 2023.2 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Synopsys® VCS®, VCS MX U/2023.03-1 Linux 64-bit Yes
1 QuestaSim® is the generic name for Questa Core and Questa Prime simulators from Siemens EDA.