Ed3732
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New Contributormodelsim starter edition
Can you advise me which modelsim I can download to my windows PC free and not require any license? If I must have a license, how do I get it?
Thank you.
Edmond
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- RichardT_altera
Super Contributor
Here are key points to take note of:
- Starting from Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 21.3 or later and Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard/Lite Edition 21.1 or later, ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition and ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition are no longer supported. ( Therefore, you can only download the ModelSim Starter edition with any prior version of Quartus.)
- License file is not required for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software, ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software, and Intel® FPGA IP functions. (advise you to install ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software that does not require license file, whereas ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software requires license file - notice that there is no "starter" word in the software name )
You can find more information related to licensing here:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/licensing/support-center.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/licensing/q-and-a.html
Best Regards,
Richard Tan
p/s: If you find any answers from the community or Intel Support to be helpful, we encourage you to mark them as the best answer or rate them 4/5 in the survey.
Ed3732Richard
your answer is very informative and helpful. However, the readme note does not say that I don't need a license with the ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software, that I downloaded. So, I became confused. In fact, it tells me to request a license and how to setup the license variables.
- RichardT_altera
I believe the readme.txt is based on ModelSim Intel - FPGA Edition, not ModelSim Intel - FPGA Starter Edition.
However, it doesn't change the fact that the ModelSim Intel - FPGA Starter Edition does not require a license file.
If you can't find the related info in the readme.txt, you can always checkout the document "Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing" for further information. Please select the document version based on the Quartus version that you are using.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683472/23-1/faq.html
Best Regards,
Richard Tan
- RichardT_altera
Dropping a note to ask if my last reply was helpful to you?
Do you need any further assistance from my side?
Best Regards,
Richard Tan
- Ed3732
Yes, your answers were very helpful. I don't need any further assistance for now as the modelsim simulator starer edition is working just fine. If I need any help in the future I will come back here. Thank you for your help.
You mentioned a survey, I don't see any survey I can to encourage this website.
- RichardT_altera
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad to hear that the answers provided were helpful to you.
The survey link is randomly distributed by the system and there is a chance that you might not get the link. My guess is that receiving frequent survey invitations can be overwhelming and potentially annoying to some users. : |
I will now transition this thread to community support. If you have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Thank you and have a great day!
Best Regards,
Richard Tan
