Why do I get intermittent M20K write failures in my Arria 10 design?

Description

Due to a problem in the Quartus® Prime software version 17.0 and earlier, you may see intermittent M20K write failures in your Arria® 10 design.

The failures are characterized by

•     Intermittent failures to write a zero
•     Failures are not timing dependant
•     Higher Vcc increases the rate of failures
•     Higher temperature increases the rate of failures

Resolution

This problem is fixed beginning with the Quartus® Prime Pro and Standard edition version 17.1