Why is the calculated bandwidth shown in the Serial Lite IV toolkit wrong when using the Intel Agilex® 7 devices Serial Lite IV design example?

Description

Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 20.4, the calculated bandwidth shown in the Serial Lite IV toolkit is wrong when using the Intel Agilex® 7 devices Serial Lite IV design example. The number will increase indefinitely with time.  

Resolution

For Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.1, please install the following patch 0.34 and then regenerate a clean design example:

• Quartus-21.1-0.34-readme.txt
• Quartus-21.1-0.34-linux.run
• Quartus-21.1-0.34-windows.exe

The problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.3.