Quartus® Prime Pro Edition: Version 25.1.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes

ID 683706
Date 8/11/2025
Public

1.9. Altera® FPGA SDM Firmware

Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 25.1.1 includes new SDM firmware features as well as fixes.

When regenerating your configuration bitstream, use the latest version of the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software, which includes the latest firmware. You do not need to recompile your .sof to use the firmware from a newer version of the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software. You can regenerate your configuration bitstream with the new version of the Programming File Generator.

New Altera® FPGA SDM Firmware Features and Enhancements

Table 23.  New Agilex™ 3 SDM Firmware Features and Enhancements
New Feature or Enhancement Component Area
N/A N/A
Table 24.  New Agilex™ 5 SDM Firmware Features and Enhancements
New Feature or Enhancement Component Area
Support for VID Mode as Voltage Output Format. Power
Support for GET_I2C_TELEMETRY mailbox command. Power
Table 25.  New Agilex™ 7 SDM Firmware Features and Enhancements
New Feature or Enhancement Component Area
Support for VID Mode as Voltage Output Format. Power
Table 26.  New Stratix® 10 SDM Firmware Features and Enhancements
New Feature or Enhancement Component Area
N/A N/A

Fixed Altera® FPGA SDM Firmware Issues

Table 27.  Fixed Agilex™ 3 SDM Firmware Issues
Issue Fixed Description Component Area Intel Premier Support Case Number Knowledge Base Article
Issue with single event upset (SEU) injection and reporting in the Fault Injection Debugger and Advanced SEU Detection IP. Due to an issue, the Fault Injection Debugger tool may report incorrect bit locations. The fix includes a required update to the frame and bit range used for error location reporting. Programmer N/A N/A
Table 28.  Fixed Agilex™ 5 SDM Firmware Issues
Issue Fixed Description Component Area Intel Premier Support Case Number Knowledge Base Article
Issue with single event upset (SEU) injection and reporting in the Fault Injection Debugger and Advanced SEU Detection IP. Due to an issue, the Fault Injection Debugger tool may report incorrect bit locations. The fix includes a required update to the frame and bit range used for error location reporting. Programmer N/A N/A
Incorrect HVIO signal behavior during configuration. During configuration and reconfiguration, HVIO signal may be driven incorrectly high for a short duration. Configuration N/A N/A
Table 29.  Fixed Agilex™ 7 SDM Firmware Issues
Issue Fixed Description Component Area Intel Premier Support Case Number Knowledge Base Article
General improvements and fixes for F-Tile devices. For devices with F-tile, .sof files and Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Programmer must both be upgraded to 25.1.1 when creating bitstreams for devices. Configuration N/A N/A
Reported UIB REFCLK timeout causes configuration to fail. For HPS First 2nd stage reconfigurations, a UIB REFCLK timeout may be observed, halting configuration due to a firmware issue. Configuration N/A N/A
Device may become stuck in configuration mode after successive reconfigurations. For the Avalon-ST (AVST) configuration scheme, in rare cases, successive reconfigurations may cause the device to hang. The fix includes an update to the firmware polling scheme to address this issue. Configuration N/A N/A
Intermittent configuration failure after many power cycles. In the Active Serial (AS) configuration scheme, repeated power cycles may cause the device to report an internal error and fail to configure. Configuration 00912060 N/A
Table 30.  Fixed Stratix® 10 SDM Firmware Issues
Issue Fixed Description Component Area Intel Premier Support Case Number Knowledge Base Article
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

For the latest device firmware patches, refer to FPGA Knowledge Base Article, What is the latest device firmware for Agilex™ FPGA and Stratix® 10 FPGA? .