Easiest-to-Use Software for CPLD DesignQuartus II Design Software

Altera’s Quartus® II software and the free Quartus II Web Edition software support MAX® II devices and other Altera® device families with an easy-to-use design environment that can seamlessly take projects from start to finish.

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Free Quartus II Web Edition Design SoftwareDownload Quartus II Web Edition software from the Altera web site at www.altera.com/q2webedition. You can also request a Quartus II Software Starter Suite CD-ROM including Quartus II Web Edition software from your local sales representative or from the Altera web site.

Complete Design Flown Design Entry

n Synthesis

n Place and Route/Fitting

n Verification

n Power Estimation

n Programming

Easy to Usen All-in-one, easy-to-use interface

takes you from start to finish

n MAX+PLUS® II look-and-feel interface (optional setting)

n Integrated synthesis and integrated support for third-party synthesis software

High Performance

n 2X faster CPLD performance with support for MAX II designs

n Automated design optimization feature boosts average MAX II performance by 25%

n Optimized tPD, tCO, tSU, and fMAX performance with pins locked down

n Most CPLD designs compile in less than one minute

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Quartus II software supports all of Altera’s latest device families in a single environment.

n CPLDs

n FPGAs

n Structured ASICs

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Everything You Need to Start Designing for Stratix��II, Cyclone� & MAX� II Devices

� Quartus® II Web Edition Software Version 4.0 —Includes SOPC Builder� Nios® Embedded Processor OpenCore® Plus Evaluation Edition

� DSP Builder Evaluation Software� Stratix II & Quartus II Movie� HardCopy Stratix™ & Quartus II Movie

MAX+PLUS II Users: Make the Move to Quartus IIMAX II Devices Only Supported by Quartus II Software Recommended for all new designs, Quartus II software is the easiest-to-use and most compre-hensive environment for designing with CPLDs, FPGAs, and structured ASICs. Quartus II offers MAX+PLUS II users:

n Familiar MAX+PLUS II look-and-feel interface setting option

n Better performance and more features

n Access to exciting new CPLD and FPGA device families

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n “One of the main reasons I moved to Quartus II is its superior ability to deliver timing closure—it has been indispensable for my most difficult projects.”

Bill Swanson Vytek Corporation

n “Quartus II is more reli-able and user friendly than MAX+PLUS II, particularly in the areas of simulation, finding nodes, and making pin assignments.”

Hussein MoradiQuintessence Technologies Corporation

n “I am very impressed with the ease-of-use, speed, and exceptional quality of results yielded by Quartus II…”

Alfredo Mendez Intrinsix Corporation

Quartus II On-Line DemosA new series of Quartus II on-line demos take you through all of the major features of the Quartus II software including converting MAX+PLUS II projects into Quartus II projects.www.altera.com/quartusdemos

New MAX+PLUS II Look-and-Feel in Quartus II Software

Same MAX+PLUS II Toolbar (Optional Setting)

MAX+PLUS II-Like Simulator

MAX+PLUS II-Like Timing Analyzer

Best Performance* for MAX Designs

Average fMAX 15.4% faster

Average tSU 8.8% faster

Average tCO 2.7% faster

Average tPD 7.4% faster

Area 5.6% less

*Comparison of Quartus II version 4.0 to MAX+PLUS II version 10.2

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