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Altera Subscription Advantage

Click here to purchase the Altera subscription package, including the Quartus II software online.

Complete Environment for FPGAs, CPLDs, and Structured ASICs

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Altera® Subscription Program members receive:

  • Latest version of the Quartus® II design software, including the SOPC Builder automated system development tool
  • Model Technology™ ModelSim®-Altera tool for VHDL or Verilog HDL simulation
  • Full license to the IP Base Suite of 11 MegaCore® functions including finite impulse response (FIR) and numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) compilers and DDR, DDR2, and QDR II memory controller cores
  • MegaCore intellectual property (IP), allowing simulation and hardware evaluation of the entire library including the Nios® II embedded processor
  • All software updates for 12 months

Renewal Subscriptions

Altera subscriptions include one year of software updates. After that first year, the Altera software continues to work but you will not be able to install new updates. The ModelSim-Altera software stops working after 15 months. You can purchase renewal subscriptions, which extend updates for an additional 12 months and provide another 15 months of ModelSim-Altera operation.

Flexible Licensing Models for PC, UNIX, and Linux Operating Systems

Subscriptions are available in flexible licensing models to support stand-alone PCs or networks including mixtures of PC, UNIX, and Linux clients. The information in Table 1 will help you select the product that best fits into your design environment.

Table 1. Altera Subscription Products
System Configuration Product Additional Floating Nodes Renewing Subscription
Stand-Alone, Single-User License for PCs FIXEDPC - Renewal
Multiple-User Network Licensing for PC, UNIX, and Red Hat Linux Nodes (1) FLOATALL ADD-FLOATALL Renewal
Legacy Multiple-User Network Licenses (2) - ADD-FLOATALL Renewal

Notes:

  1. FLOATALL product license servers can be UNIX, Linux, or Windows based. Any client on the network can access the software. The maximum number of users that can access the software at any one time is equal to the number of seats purchased.
  2. Support for additional PC, Linux, or UNIX clients can be added to an existing FLOATPC, FLOATLNX, or FLOATNET license server by adding one or more ADD-FLOATALL licenses.

Design to Win—Experience Quartus II Software Now

To purchase or renew a subscription, buy online or contact your local distributor or sales representative. For subscription purchases or renewals in North America, call (888) 800-0631. 

You can experience Quartus II software now by downloading Quartus II Subscription Edition software with a free 30-day trial, or by requesting an Altera software and IP DVD.

 
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