Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Programmer
ID
683528
Date
9/24/2018
Public
1.1. Programming Flow
1.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer Window
1.3. Programming and Configuration Modes
1.4. Design Security Keys
1.5. Verifying if Programming Files Correspond to a Compilation of the Same Source Files
1.6. Convert Programming Files Dialog Box
1.7. Flash Loaders
1.8. JTAG Debug Mode for Partial Reconfiguration
1.9. Scripting Support
1.10. Programming Intel® FPGA Devices Revision History
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.
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