QUARTUS II DESIGN SOFTWARE
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QUARTUS II DESIGN SOFTWARE
Fastest Path to Your Design
Quartus® II software is number one in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA, and SoC
designs, providing the fastest path to convert your concept into reality. Quartus II software can
easily adapt to your specic needs in all phases of FPGA and CPLD design in dierent platforms.
Quartus II software provides everything you need to design with Altera devices:
• Qsys system integration tool
• TimeQuest timing analyzer
• Transceiver Toolkit
• External Memory Interface Toolkit
• PowerPlay power analysis tools
• DSP Builder Advanced Blockset
• Altera SDK for OpenCLTM
• ModelSim®-Altera Edition simulation software
Quartus II Software Key Features
Industry-Leading Compile Time
Quartus II software delivers superior synthesis and placement and routing, resulting
in compilation time advantages for both Web Edition and Subscription Edition software.
Additional compilation time reduction features include the following:
– Multiprocessor support
– Incremental compile
– Advanced place-and-route algorithms
Altera Edition
Faster
Compile Time
Qsys
System-Level
Integration Tool
TimeQuest
Timing Analyzer
PowerPlay
Power Analyzer
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Compile Time Comparison
Compare Full and Incremental Compile
A B C
A B C
AB C
Quartus II Project
(No Partitions)
Incremental Compilation
Top-Down Approach
Quartus II Project
Create Design Partitions (A, B, C)
Step 1
Step
1
Step 2
Step
2
Full Compilation
Modify Design (in Red)
Re-compile Whole Project
Quartus II Project
Modify Design in Partition A
Re-compile Only Partition A
Quartus II Project
(No Partitions) AB C
Incremental Compile
• Compiles only the changes in a partition to reduce compile time by up to 70 percent
• Preserves timing in unchanged partitions for performance preservation
• Enables team-based designs
6%
100%
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Relative Compile Time (Log Scale)
Year
Quartus II Software Relative Compilation Time
(Relative time based on fixed designs and fixed CPU)
25%
13%
50%
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PowerPlay Power Analyzer
• Push-button power optimization technology
• Automated power optimization for an average
10 percent reduction in power consumption
Power-Optimized Design
Speed
Area
Power
Synthesis
Placement and
Routing
Optimize Power
PowerPlay
Power Analyzer
Design
Entry Constraints
PowerPlay Power Analyzer Flow
TimeQuest Timing Analyzer
TimeQuest Timing Analyzer GUI
• Comprehensive Synopsys® Design
Constraints (SDC) support
• Second-generation, easy-to-use timing
analyzer
• Complete GUI environment and scripting
support to create timing constraints and
reports
• Easy-to-use wizard to create SDC
constraints
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Qsys System Integration Tool
The Qsys system integration tool saves signicant time and eort in the FPGA design process by automatically
generating interconnect logic to connect intellectual property (IP) functions and subsystems. Qsys is powered
by a new FPGA-optimized network-on-a-chip (NoC) technology, delivering higher performance, improved
design reuse, and faster verication.
• High-performance Qsys interconnect based on the NoC architecture and automatic pipelining
delivers up to 2X higher performance
• Hierarchical design ow enables scalable designs, supports team-based design, and maximizes
design reuse
• Higher exibility with support for mixing dierent industry-standard interfaces, such as the AMBA®
AXI™, AMBA APBTM, AMBA AHBTM, and Avalon® interfaces
• IP management capabilities enable designs and systems to appear as an IP for easier reuse
• Faster board bring-up with a system-level debug approach using address-based transactions and
System Console
Qsys – Altera’s System Integration Tool
High-
Performance
Interconnect
Industry-Standard
Interface
Hierarchy IP Management
Real-Time
System Debug
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Quartus II Software Design Flow
1The only Arria II FPGA supported is the EP2AGX45 device.
2 Available with TalkBack feature enabled.
3 Requires an additional license.
Quartus II Software Design Flow
Quartus II Software Key Features
Availability
Subscription
Edition
Web Edition
(Free)
Design Entry
Cyclone® FPGA and MAX® device support 3 3
Arria® and Stratix® FPGA device support 3 31
SoCs 3 3
Multiprocessor support (faster compile time support) 3 32
IP Base Suite (includes licenses for 15 popular IP cores) 3
Available for
purchase
Qsys system integration tool 3 3
Rapid Recompile (faster compile for small design changes) 3
Incremental compile (performance preservation and team-based design) 3
Functional Simulation
ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition software 3 3
ModelSim-Altera Edition software 3333
Synthesis Quartus Integrated Synthesis (synthesis tool) 3 3
Placement and Routing Fitter (placement and routing tool) 3 3
Timing and
Power Verification
TimeQuest tool (static timing analysis) 3 3
PowerPlay tool and optimization (power analysis) 3 3
In-System Debug
SignalTapTM II Logic Analyzer (embedded logic analyzer) 3 32
Transceiver Toolkit (transceiver interface and verification tool) 3
JNEye link analysis tool 3
System Design Software
Nios® II Embedded Design Suite 3 3
Altera SDK for OpenCL 33
DSP Builder Advanced Blockset 3333
Operating System Support
Availability
Subscription
Edition
Web Edition
(Free)
Windows/Linux 64 bit support
3 3
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Quartus II Software Ordering Information
Want to Dig Deeper?
Purchase Quartus II software and increase your productivity today.
Are you ready to accelerate your design process? Take these steps to gain prociency in designing with Quartus II software:
Step 1: Download free Web Edition software
www.altera.com/download
Step 2: Sign up for training
www.altera.com/training
Step 3: Download documentation
www.altera.com/literature/lit-qts.jsp
Pricing Description
$2,995 (SW-QUARTUS-SE-FIX)
Renewal $2,495 (SWR-QUARTUS-SE-FIX) Fixed-node license: subscription for one year—Windows only.
$3,995 (SW-QUARTUS-SE-FLT)
Renewal $2,495 (SWR-QUARTUS-SE-FLT)
Add seat $3,995 (SW-QUARTUS-SE-ADD)
Floating-node license: subscription for one year—Windows/Linux.
ModelSim-Altera Edition Software
$945 (SW-MODELSIM-AE)
Renewal $945 (SWR-MODELSIM-AE)
ModelSim-Altera Edition software is available as a $945 option for both Quartus II software
Subscription Edition and Web Edition. It’s 33 percent faster than Starter Edition, with no
line limitation.
ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition
Software
Free
Free for both Quartus II software Subscription Edition and Web Edition softwares with a
10,000 executable line limitation, ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition software is
recommended for simulating small FPGA designs.
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