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8 years ago

Determining which license is needed

Hello,

I am currently working on a project using Quartus Prime Lite Edition and I have need of some additional functionality. In particular, I need to be able to create permanent .pof files of my project, and while not necessary, it would be very useful if I could also utilize multiple cores for compilation. Furthermore, I'm also interested in some details of the licensing model:

  • Will a bought license be tied to one particular PC, or can it later be moved to a different PC? Or can it maybe be installed on multiple PCs but only used on one at any given time? How does this behavior differ between various versions of Quartus / its licences?

  • Am I correct in assuming, that to create permanent .pof files, I only need the licences to all IP used in that particular project, regardless of the Quartus version used?

  • What license do I need to buy to enable multithreaded compilation?

Any information on these topics, or at least where to find clear answers, would be very much appreciated.

Best regards

Martin Tomko

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    Altera_Forum
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    8 years ago

    1. It depends if you buy a floating or node-locked licence. Floating is more expensive

    2. Yes

    3. This should come as part of your licence.

    You're best off talking to your local Altera Rep.
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    Altera_Forum
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    8 years ago

    Thanks a lot for the answer.

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    You're best off talking to your local Altera Rep.

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    I tried this originally, but it's fairly hard to find who to talk to on the Altera website - the only international sales representative I've managed to find are IndesmaTech, who I tried contacting through their website, but I've recieved no response so far. From what I've seen I assumed that this forum is the best place for questions like this.

    The licenses can anyway be bought directly on the website, or am I wrong about this assumption?