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Jari_H
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1 year ago
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Is VHDL2008 or 2019 going to be supported in quartus lite, or will pro support cl10lp/max10?

Since the current value line fpgas are going to have extended lifetimes up to 2040, is there hope for getting support for 2008 or 2019 vhdl standards? VHDL2008 is supported by pretty much every other...
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HubertG
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1 year ago

Hey Jari_H,


Hope you are doing well !

Sorry for the delay in responding your message as I was working on your issue at the back to double check on the issue and bring the most truthful support for you


Per checking,

  1. Quartus Prime Lite Edition


  1. Quartus Prime Pro Edition



Thank you so much for your honest comments & recommendations, we will seriously take them into consideration. Hope these answering your question ^^


Thanks

Hubert


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Jari_H
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1 year ago

As per the link that you provided, vhdl2008 is not supported on the Quartus Lite at all and even in the standard version there is limited support for vhdl2008.

According to the documentation the major enhancements for vhdl2008 generics which are used for example in the fixed and floating point ieee packages, are not supported in standard edition

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683283/18-1/support-for-vhdl-2008.html

Quartus Pro has support for all vhdl2008 constructs and additionally vhdl2019 interfaces and conditional analysis as per the quartus pro synthesis support documentation

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/quartushelp/24.1/index.htm#hdl/vhdl/vhdl_list_2008_vhdl_support.htm


https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/quartushelp/24.1/index.htm#hdl/vhdl/vhdl_list_2019_vhdl_support.htm

VHDL is the most used language in FPGA designs as per the Wilson research.
https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/verificationhorizons/2022/11/21/part-6-the-2022-wilson-research-group-functional-verification-study/
Is it possible to get the support for at least vhdl2008 features in quartus lite is the devices it can be used for have extended lifetimes?