Intel Quartus Prime - everything you need to work with Intel FPGA

In 2015, Intel acquired Altera, one of the most famous developers of FPGA and SoC. Gradually, all Altera products - both hardware and software - changed their name, in particular, Altera Quartus design software for FPGA systems became known as Intel Quartus Prime . We often mentioned it in connection with the release of the next Intel FPGA, but we never described it in detail. Now there is time to do this, especially since several big releases have already been released since the name change, which brought new functionality and support for new devices.

So, Intel Quartus Prime contains everything you need to design systems based on Intel FPGA, SoC and Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), starting from the very basics and further including debugging interaction, optimization, verification and modeling. There are currently three Quartus Prime delivery options:

• Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition is designed to work with advanced latest generation FPGA and SoC options such as Intel Stratix 10, Intel Arria 10, Intel Cyclone 10 GX.
• The Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition includes full support for previous generations of devices, as well as the Intel Cyclone 10 LP family.
• The Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition is a tool for working with mass-segment families; it can be downloaded for free without additional licensing.

The compatibility matrix for version 18.1 is as follows.

Now about the main functionality - again, with respect to various versions of Intel Quartus Prime. More information can be found on the product page .

The licensing terms of Intel Quartus Prime and its components, as well as their cost, can be found on the Intel website .