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jasminehau
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3 years ago

Intel IP Core and Quartus Prime EDA Software for Pre-Commercial / Commercial Device Design

Good day. During the R&D of my research invention, I have used Quartus Prime software and several IP cores, such as FFT, Nios II, ARM-SoC and others associated peripheral to form a complete FPGA-...
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jasminehau
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3 years ago

Good day, I would like to follow up regarding my further question as listed below:

  1. During the design process from R&D PoC prototype to pre-commercial invention (means not ready for commercial market yet) so that the prototype is more presentable and well validated in real operational environment to further explore the future commercial potential, does the university R&D team is allowed to continue use the free academic license for the design process?

  2. Does the subscription to Quartus Standard/Pro also include the underlying IP library (e.g. Nios II, FFT, peripheral controller, etc) for the commercial use? Or separate licensing need to be purchased for different IP?

Look forward to further advice. Thank you.

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SyafieqS
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3 years ago

Hi Jasmine,

1. During the design process of pre-commercial invention (means not ready for commercial market yet), the university R&D team still not allowed to use the free academic license for the design process?

- If you are still doing academic R&D (ie. You might try to publish an academic paper, etc) then you can continue to use the academic license. If you have transitioned to making a commercial product, then you need to purchase a license.

2. Does the subscription to Quartus Standard/Pro also include the underlying IP library (e.g. Nios II, FFT, peripheral controller, etc) for the commercial use? Or separate licensing need to be purchased for different IP?

- Upon checking, below are the Ips bundled under commercial SW-ONE-QUARTUS. If other IP needed (eg, IP-NIOS) , customer needs to purchase separate/additional license.