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ettjaakko
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4 years ago
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Difference between Standard and Pro editions of HLS

Hi, I am trying to study the HLS Compiler, but the documentation is unclear. I understand, that the Standard and Pro editions of Quartus Prime support different devices. But do those device dif...
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    HRZ
    4 years ago
    The Getting Started guide of the HLS Compiler Pro says that if you want Cyclone V support, you should install the HLS Compiler Pro to your Quartus Standard/Lite installation.

    This is not the case. The guide says if you want to use the Pro version of the HLS compiler with Cyclone V, you need to install Quartus Standard/Lite since Quartus Pro does not support synthesis for Cyclone V. You can still use HLS Standard with Cyclone V, but only with Quartus 19.1 and below. However, if you want to use Quartus Standard/Lite 20.1 and above, then there is no equivalent version HLS Standard since that compiler is now deprecated; hence, for Quartus Standard/Lite 20.1 and above you have no choice but to use the HLS Pro compiler. Considering the fact that HLS Pro is much more featureful compared to HLS Standard, it is probably best to use HLS Pro anyway; though I am not sure if all of the features of HLS Pro would work on Cyclone V.

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HRZ
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4 years ago
The Getting Started guide of the HLS Compiler Pro says that if you want Cyclone V support, you should install the HLS Compiler Pro to your Quartus Standard/Lite installation.

This is not the case. The guide says if you want to use the Pro version of the HLS compiler with Cyclone V, you need to install Quartus Standard/Lite since Quartus Pro does not support synthesis for Cyclone V. You can still use HLS Standard with Cyclone V, but only with Quartus 19.1 and below. However, if you want to use Quartus Standard/Lite 20.1 and above, then there is no equivalent version HLS Standard since that compiler is now deprecated; hence, for Quartus Standard/Lite 20.1 and above you have no choice but to use the HLS Pro compiler. Considering the fact that HLS Pro is much more featureful compared to HLS Standard, it is probably best to use HLS Pro anyway; though I am not sure if all of the features of HLS Pro would work on Cyclone V.