Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Programmer

ID 683528
Date 9/24/2018
Public
Document Table of Contents

1.4. Enabling Bitstream File Compression and Security

You can optionally enable bitstream compression (and decompression) to reduce the size of your programming bitstream file. The Intel® Quartus® Prime Assembler can generate a compressed bitstream image that reduces configuration file size by 30% to 55% (depending on the design). The FPGA device receives the compressed configuration bitstream, and then can decompress the data in real-time during configuration.

You can separately enable generation of encryption key programming files and user-defined 256-bit security key to protect and authenticate the configuration bitstream. Encryption of the bitstream also offers side-channel protection from non-intrusive attack.