Altera delivers fastest compile times with Quartus II s/w version 14.0

USA: Altera Corp. released its Quartus II software version 14.0, the FPGA industry's #1 software in performance and productivity. Altera maintains its software leadership position for FPGA and SoC designs with this latest release by delivering 2X faster compile times on average over the closest competitor's design tool suite.

Quartus II software version 14.0 allows users to be more productive and achieve the fastest FPGA and SoC design closure in the industry.

The latest release includes a rapid recompile feature that reduces compile times by up to 4X when making small design changes and a best-in-class PCI Express (PCIe) IP solution that delivers enterprise-class performance.

In addition, this release offers expanded AXI support in the Qsys system integration tool and a rapid prototyping design flow in the Altera SDK for OpenCL