Quartus Prime Lite OpenCL Licensing

Question

The link below says that the OpenCL SDK is available on the free Quartus Prime Lite Edition, but that it requires an additional license:

https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/po/ss-quartus-comparison.pdf

How do I get this license? Is it also free or do I need to buy a specific license for OpenCL?

Thanks.

altera_forum · Answer

Hi, you will need to pay for the license for OpenCL SDK, but once you do that you can use it with Quartus Prime Lite (hence, you don't have to make a second purchase of Quartus Prime Standard/Pro, unless you are using devices that are not supported in Quartus Lite).

I would encourage that you try asking for a trial license (perhaps file a service ticket to Altera?) for evaluation.

altera_forum · Answer

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Hi, you will need to pay for the license for OpenCL SDK, but once you do that you can use it with Quartus Prime Lite (hence, you don't have to make a second purchase of Quartus Prime Standard/Pro, unless you are using devices that are not supported in Quartus Lite).

I would encourage that you try asking for a trial license (perhaps file a service ticket to Altera?) for evaluation.

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Thanks for the response. Regarding installation, if the OpenCL SDK only comes with Standard or Pro editions (see OpenCL package), and Lite Edition apparently does not come with OpenCL (couldn't find it), how do I make the combo Lite + OpenCL work?

altera_forum · Answer

Good point. I suspect that the Lite Edition is only meant for Cyclone V devices since it is the only valid combo (OpenCL + Lite). I think it is best to check with Altera on the licensing option - I could be wrong here.

altera_forum · Answer

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Good point. I suspect that the Lite Edition is only meant for Cyclone V devices since it is the only valid combo (OpenCL + Lite). I think it is best to check with Altera on the licensing option - I could be wrong here.

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That's exactly my setup: I have a DE0-Nano-SoC based on Cyclone V for learning purposes.

I managed to install Quartus Prime Lite + OpenCL by downloading "Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL" from the "Individual Files" section on the Quartus Prime Standard edition download page (a 400 MB download).

Now, two problems remain:

- About licensing, when I try to compile a OpenCL kernel:

$ aoc hello_world.cl

Could not acquire a valid license for the Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM).

I asked Altera support about licensing for this setup. Let's see what they say.

- The linux_sd_card_image provided by the OpenCL SDK doesn't boot on the DE0-Nano. I probably will have to create my own OpenCL BSP, since the ones I found online were made for OpenCL 14, and I would like to use 16.1.

I'll update this thread when/if I get these things to work.

Thanks.

altera_forum · Answer

Hi there, if I dont understand incorrectly, you managed to install OpenCL 16 into your board. How did you do this? Are the files offered as standalone and you just scp into the board?

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