Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition: Getting Started Guide

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1. Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition Getting Started Guide 2. High Level Synthesis (HLS) Design Examples and Tutorials 3. Troubleshooting the Setup of the Intel® HLS Compiler A. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Getting Started Guide Archives B. Document Revision History for Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Getting Started Guide
1. Intel® High Level Synthesis (HLS) Compiler Pro Edition Getting Started Guide x
1.1. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition Prerequisites 1.2. Downloading the Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition 1.3. Installing the Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition for Cyclone® V Device Support 1.4. Installing the Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition on Linux Systems 1.5. Installing the Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition on Microsoft* Windows* Systems 1.6. Initializing the Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Environment
1.1. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition Prerequisites x
1.1.1. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Backwards Compatibility
2. High Level Synthesis (HLS) Design Examples and Tutorials x
2.1. Running an Intel® HLS Compiler Design Example (Linux) 2.2. Running an Intel® HLS Compiler Design Example (Windows)
3. Troubleshooting the Setup of the Intel® HLS Compiler x
3.1. Intel® HLS Compiler Licensing Issues
3.1. Intel® HLS Compiler Licensing Issues x
3.1.1. Questa* Licensing Error Messages 3.1.2. LM_LICENSE_FILE Environment Variable
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3.1.2.1. Questa* Software License-Specific Considerations
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2. High Level Synthesis (HLS) Design Examples and Tutorials
3. Troubleshooting the Setup of the Intel® HLS Compiler
A. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Getting Started Guide Archives
B. Document Revision History for Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Getting Started Guide

1.1.1. Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Backwards Compatibility

The Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Version 21.4 is compatible with Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 21.4, Version 21.3, Version 21.2, and Version 17.1.1. This backwards compatibility lets you to take advantage of improvements in the RTL generated by the Intel® HLS Compiler without changing the other parts of your current FPGA development environment.

To install Intel® HLS Compiler Pro Edition Version 21.4 into an older version of Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition :
  1. Backup the existing <quartus_installdir> 1/hls directory. For example, rename <quartus_installdir>/hls to <quartus_installdir>/hls_old.
  2. Download the Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler standalone installation package from the Additional Software tab of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Download Center for your edition of Intel® Quartus® Prime.
  3. Run the Intel® HLS Compiler standalone installer, and specify your <quartus_installdir> directory when prompted.
  4. (Linux only) If you use Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 21.2 or earlier and you want the Intel® HLS Compiler to simulate your components with the 32-bit Mentor Graphics* ModelSim* software provided with Intel® Quartus® Prime ( ModelSim* - Intel® FPGA Edition), ensure that you have the required additional 32-bit libraries installed. You can install them with the following command:
    • CentOS* 7 and Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 7
      $ sudo yum install -y glibc.i686 glibc-devel.i686 libX11.i686 \
                libXext.i686 libXft.i686 libgcc.i686 libgcc.x86_64 \
                libstdc++.i686 libstdc++-devel.i686 ncurses-devel.i686 \
                qt.i686
    • SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 12

      Obtain the equivalent or substitute packages listed for CentOS* and Red Hat* Linux.

You can revert to your previous version of the Intel® HLS Compiler by renaming your backup directory. Whatever version of the the Intel® HLS Compiler that in a directory called <quartus_installdir>/hls is the active version of the Intel® HLS Compiler.

1 Where <quartus_installdir> is the directory where you installed the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Suite. For example, C:\intelFPGA_pro\21.4 .
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