Quartus Prime design software users will experience the same easy-to-use front-end user interface as the previous software version while the addition of the Spectra-Q engine on the back-end enables unprecedented compile time improvements and increased design performance with a new set of faster and more scalable algorithms. “The Quartus Prime design software extends Altera’s leadership by building upon decades of software innovations to provide our customers with new levels of performance and productivity for programmable logic devices.” “Our software tools are known throughout the industry for providing the highest levels of performance and productivity,” said Alex Grbic, senior director of software and IP marketing at Altera.
The new Quartus Prime design software is optimized to enhance the FPGA and SoC FPGA design process by reducing design iterations, delivering the industry’s fastest compile times, and accelerating silicon performance. Altera’s new software environment builds upon the company’s proven, user-friendly Quartus II software and incorporates the new productivity-centric Spectra-Q™ engine. San Jose, Calif., - Novem– Signaling a new era in design productivity for a new generation of programmable logic devices, Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today released the Quartus ® Prime design software.