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FPGA-Dispatcher
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5 years ago

Cannot download Quartus Prime software after accept of "Legal Disclaimer"

Hello all After clicking the down arrow (for any download) and click "I Accept" nothing happened - no download window appears (Standard & Pro 20.x Windows - the only I tested yet). I downloaded suc...
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SyafieqS
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5 years ago

Hi Jens,


FYI, for combined files, there is "what's included' where you can see what is in the combined files. By default, yes the DSPB should be included in combined files however starting from 20.1 Std, DSPB had been removed and only available in Pro Edition. You can refer to link below for details.


https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/rn/rn_dsp_builder.pdf


If you want to use DSPB in Std version, you can download and use 19.1std of Quartus.


Below are the direct link for 20.1 and 20.3 combined files. The additional software included you can refer to 'what included' in download webpage. If you want to download other additional software that is not included, you have to manually download it.


Quartus Prime Pro


20.1


https://download.altera.com/akdlm/software/acdsinst/20.1/177/ib_tar/Quartus-pro-20.1.0.177-windows-complete.tar


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20.3


https://download.altera.com/akdlm/software/acdsinst/20.3/158/ib_tar/Quartus-pro-20.3.0.158-windows-complete.tar



Thanks,

Regards


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5 years ago

Hello SyafieqS_Intel

Thank you for providing the direct links to me and the very important information.

The conclusion:

  1. There is no solution to download from Intel's FPGA Download Page using state-of-the-art security settings in Firefox
  2. Intel switches off the Quartus Prime Standard Edition step by step (no longer support for MATLAB, version management...waiting one year for 19.1 Std while Pro was online and bevond 19.1...)

I fear that this situation (and many, many other bad things around Intel's FPGA SW/HW/docs and general philosophy) become be real since 2016.

Now, it's time to say good bye for me and my company and switch to an different FPGA vendor after over 20 years staying with Altera.

Good luck, thanks for your support and best regards