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Thezenit
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4 months ago

Questa Starter Edition download question

Hello everyone, I need to download Questasim Altera Starter Edition, but I've just found that there are two download possibilities from the Download Center web page: If I choose Quartus Prime Pro I...
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Thezenit
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4 months ago

Thank you for the valuable info.

I am using Quartus Prime Lite 24.1 .

Just wondering if I can upgrade Questasim only to the new 25.1.1 I can download from the Quartus Prime Pro download section and use the Starter Edition licence. It seems yes.

Of course I cannot simulate devices shipped with 24.1, but for now I am not using any Altera primitive.

Asking because with 24.1 I have some GUI issues with win11 and I would like to understand if I can solve them with the new version.

Thank you

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    sstrell
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    4 months ago

    As mentioned, Lite/Standard vs. Pro is device-specific, so unless you're using a device supported by Pro, you can't use the QuestaSim that comes with Pro along with Lite.

    Lite/Standard is not updated as frequently as Pro these days, so unless you're using a Pro-supported device (what is your target device?) you have to stay with Lit/Standard.