Abstract:

Altera® HardCopy® II devices and Stratix® II devices are both manufactured on a 1.2-V, 90-nm process technology and offer many similar features. Designers can use the Quartus® II software to migrate their Stratix II design to a HardCopy II device. The Quartus II software ensures that the design revision targeting a HardCopy II device retains the same functionality as the original Stratix II design.Beginning with version 5.0 of the Quartus II software, you can select a HardCopy II companion device from the Device Settings dialog box (Device menu). Selecting a HardCopy II device as a companion device is similar to adding another Stratix II device in the migration device chain. The Quartus II software compiles the design to use the common resources available in all of the selected Stratix II devices and the selected HardCopy II devices. The HardCopy II companion device becomes the target device when you switch to the HardCopy II flow from this Stratix II flow later in the Quartus