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For Release: December 9, 2002
Altera's Quartus II Design Software Now Even Easier to Use
New Version of Quartus II Design Software Simplifies SOPC Design Process
With User-Friendly Design Environment
San Jose, Calif., December 9, 2002—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:
ALTR) today announced version 2.2 of the Quartus® II
design software, featuring a redesigned GUI interface that simplifies system-on-a-programmable-chip
(SOPC) design. Quartus II version 2.2 software users can also incrementally
route new or additional nodes to the SignalTap® II embedded logic
analyzer without performing a full design compilation, resulting in shorter
design verification iterations. Customers who upgrade to the newest version
of the Quartus II design software also have access to a new push-button
optimization feature that increases Stratix™, Stratix GX, and Cyclone™
device design performance as much as 20 percent.
"With this latest version of the Quartus II software, Altera continues
to provide customers with design technologies that are easy to use and deliver
optimal performance," said Peter Woo, director of software marketing at Altera.
"Based on extensive user feedback and usability testing, the redesigned user
interface complements innovative push-button design optimization features
that allow customers to focus their design time on differentiating their products."
Redesigned GUI Interface
The redesigned user interface in version 2.2 of the Quartus II design
software simplifies the design process by giving designers an intuitive and
user-friendly design experience built on the following new features:
- Redesigned and Reorganized Menus—The new GUI interface executes
design assignments and settings from a single assignments menu, simplifying
project and design management.
- New Spreadsheet Assignment Editor—Featuring a new assignment
editor for Stratix, Stratix GX, and Cyclone device designs, the Quartus II
version 2.2 design software spreadsheet editing interface is integrated with
a powerful design database for searching, viewing, and making design assignments.
- Unified Memory Implementation Interface for All Device Families—In
addition to supporting memory structures inferred in VHDL and Verilog HDL
code, Quartus II version 2.2 customers can configure all memory configurations
and device memory resources from a single, unified memory compiler interface.
- Routing Congestion Floorplan View—Quartus II version 2.2
customers can maximize design performance with a new timing closure floorplan
editor. The floorplan editor includes a new routing congestion floorplan view
that can be used with the LogicLock™ block-based design
methodology.
Quartus II version 2.2 software provides customers with the ability to
preserve design hierarchy in the simulation netlist output files, making it
easier for users to debug and fix design problems found using third-party
HDL simulation tools. This feature also makes it possible to reuse behavioral
testbenches for gate-level simulations. More technical information about
the Quartus II version 2.2 software is available at www.altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2/qts-index.html.
Pricing and Availability
Quartus II version 2.2 software is now shipping to all customers with
an active software subscription. Altera's software subscription program
simplifies the process of obtaining Altera design software by consolidating
all software products and maintenance charges into one annual subscription payment.
The annual subscription for the Altera design software is $2,000 for a node-locked
PC license, which includes full-featured Quartus II and MAX+PLUS®
II design software, SOPC Builder system generation and integration software,
OEM synthesis tools from Mentor Graphics, OEM simulation tools from Model Technology,
and 12 months of software upgrades. The Quartus II design software supports
major operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows
98, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, and HP-UX. New or existing customers may
obtain a software subscription online on the Altera web site, www.altera.com,
or from Altera distributors worldwide.
About Altera
Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) is the world's pioneer of system-on-a-programmable-chip
(SOPC) solutions. Combining programmable logic technology with software tools,
intellectual property, and technical services, Altera provides high-value
programmable solutions to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide. More information
is available at www.altera.com.
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