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student1
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4 years ago

Quartus Prime Pro purchase

Hi,

I could see in the intel Quartus Prime Pro purchase website, that there is fixed subscription and fixed subscription renewal. Does that mean the software expires in one year and then I pay for the renewal?

Adding to that, could you please elaborate on the difference between fixed and floating subscription?

Thanks a lot.

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  • Zawani_M_Intel's avatar
    Zawani_M_Intel
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    4 years ago

    Hello!

    Yes, correct. After the maintenance expiry date, the renewal subscription is required with offering price as stated in our website
    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/buy/design-software.html#note

    However, it is only done once in license lifetime before it turn to perpetual license.

    Fixed license is a stand-alone (node-locked, single-user) license, tied to the network interface card(NIC) ID of the computer on which you installed the Intel FPGA software.

    Floating license is floating network (multi-user) license is for users running the Quartus Prime software on multiple computers connected on a network. A license server issues licenses to computers on demand. Floating licenses are not operating system-specific. If you want to run the Intel FPGA software on additional computers, you can purchase additional seats to add to your floating license after its original purchase.

    I hope this clarifies your questions.

    Wani