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Altera_Forum
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10 years ago

Licensing question

I am surprised with the price of Quartus suscription edition.

The price of one year license is $3000 (well, only 2995) (http://www.buyaltera.com/scripts/partsearch.dll?detail&name=544-1247-nd). By contrast, an arria v starter kit (https://www.altera.com/products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/kit-arria-v-starter.html), which includes one year license, costs $850 .

So one should buy an Arria V kit every year rather than renewing the Quartus license?

I have just bought one Arria V starter kit. So am I supposed to throw it to the bin after one year, and buy a new kit if I want to continue using it, because renewing the license is more expensive?

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    It's a subscription license. You can use it with any version of Quartus II including all future versions.

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    10 years ago

    At least all future versions released before the subscription ends. All previous versions can also be installed.

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    Thank you all! Just another question that it's not clear to me. On my 30 day Trial I can see my 3 NIC ID's and the Harddisk SN. With an installed Licence, which NIC is taken as reference? All 3 NIDC ID's or just one? Or the Harddisk too? I'm asking to know what happens if I change for example one Network-Card.

    Thanks