modelsim starter edition

Here are key points to take note of:

1. 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.)
2. 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

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