San Jose, CA — press release excerpt) — Altera Corp. today announced that its Quartus II version 2.0 design software now supports Red Hat's Linux version 7.1 operating system. Available immediately, this release is the industry's first native Linux tool that allows programmable logic device (PLD) designers to take advantage of more efficient distributed computing platforms. With this capability, Altera customers can use low-cost Linux-based server farms to reduce development costs and improve productivity.

Altera designed the Linux edition of the Quartus II software to run directly on Linux without the need for any additional software such as the WINE Windows compatibility layer. As a result, the Quartus II software offers superior performance and does not require the user to install any additional programs. Linux-based systems utilize a standard PC architecture, providing a solution that is approximately half of the cost of other UNIX-based systems while still offering faster application performance.

 
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