Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro edition versions 20.1 to 20.4, you may see that the voltage ID enabled voltage regulators (VR) applies a voltage beyond the device recommended operating conditions for Vcc and Vccp.
This problem may occur in the following conditions
- The device is an Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA with SmartVID enabled
- The FPGA is master on the PMBus
- Slave mode is not affected
- VR using Direct Mode with m, b (non-zero value), R coefficient
- Linear Mode is not affected
- Unit is in Volts
- Unit in Millivolts(mV) is not affected
This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 21.1.
To identify is your project is affected by this problem, run this script using the following command from your project directory
- quartus_cdb -t check_vr_mode_usage.tcl
See script readme for more detailsIf your project is affected download and install the relevant patch
Download and install Patch 0.55fw for version 20.1 from the appropriate link below.
- Download the version 20.1 patch 0.55fw for Windows (.exe)
- Download the version 20.1 patch 0.55fw for Linux (.run)
- Download the Readme for the Intel Quartus Prime Pro edition software version 20.1 patch 0.55fw (.txt)
Download and install Patch 0.52fw for version 20.2 from the appropriate link below.
- Download the version 20.2 patch 0.52fw for Windows (.exe)
- Download the version 20.2 patch 0.52fw for Linux (.run)
- Download the Readme for the Intel Quartus Prime Pro edition software version 20.2 patch 0.52fw (.txt)
Download and install Patch 0.44w for version 20.3 from the appropriate link below.
- Download the version 20.3 patch 0.445fw for Windows (.exe)
- Download the version 20.3 patch 0.44fw for Linux (.run)
- Download the Readme for the Intel Quartus Prime Pro edition software version 20.3 patch 0.44fw (.txt)
Download and install Patch 0.15fw for version 20.4 from the appropriate link below.
- Download the version 20.4 patch 0.15fw for Windows (.exe)
- Download the version 20.4 patch 0.15fw for Linux (.run)
- Download the Readme for the Intel Quartus Prime Pro edition software version 20.4 patch 0.15fw (.txt)
If the issue is not resolved after the patch is installed, or for further assistance, submit a request at the My Intel support page indicate reference HSD number 14012171603 and escalation path "PSG-PG-FPGA!"