Quartus Prime isprogrammable logic device design software produced byAltera; prior to Intel's separation ofAltera, the software was calledIntel Quartus Prime, and prior to the acquisition of Altera by Intel, it was calledAltera Quartus Prime, and earlierAltera Quartus II. Quartus Prime enables analysis and synthesis ofHDL designs, which enables the developer to compile their designs, perform timing analysis, examineRTL diagrams, simulate a design's reaction to different stimuli, and configure the target device with the programmer. Quartus Prime includes an implementation ofVHDL andVerilog for hardware description, visual editing of logic circuits, and vector waveform simulation.

Quartus Prime software features include:

• Platform Designer (previously QSys, previously SOPC Builder), a tool that eliminates manual system integration tasks by automatically generating interconnect logic and creating a testbench to verify functionality.
• SoCEDS, a set of development tools, utility programs, run-time software, and application examples to help you develop software forSoC FPGA embedded systems.
• DSP Builder, a tool that creates a seamless bridge between theMATLAB/Simulink tool and Quartus Prime software, so FPGA designers have the algorithm development, simulation, and verification capabilities of MATLAB/Simulink system-level design tools
• External memory interface toolkit, which identifies calibration issues and measures the margins for each DQS signal.
• Generation ofJAM/STAPL files forJTAG in-circuit device programmers.

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The Lite Edition is the free version of Quartus Prime Standard Edition and lacks certain features such as partial reconfiguration, design partitioning, register retiming and transceiver link analysis tools. This edition provides compilation and programming for a limited number of Altera FPGA devices, mainly the low-cost CycloneFPGAs, as well as the MAX family ofCPLDs. This enables small developers and educational institutions access to development tools without overhead from the cost of development software.

The Standard Edition supports an extensive number of FPGA devices and is more full-featured than the Lite Edition, but requires a paid license.

The Pro Edition is a newer version of the tools with the latest features and supporting recent Altera FPGA device families. Typically the Pro Edition requires a paid license, but for certain device families, Altera offers a free license.

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