Plunify teams with Altera for fpga design in the cloud

The company's vice president, Harnhua Ng, said: "The rising complexity of fpgas and complex cplds can benefit from using the computing horsepower available through the cloud. This, along with Altera Quartus II, provides a powerful platform for designers." Plunify is making Altera's Quartus II software available as a cloud based solution for designing with Stratix, Cyclone and Arria devices through what it calls a 'new relationship with Altera'. Plunify's cloud computing platform is said to make running and analysing builds at scale much easier. Ng explained: "Whether you need 50 or 100 servers to solve the most pressing timing closure, regression testing and optimisation issues or just a few servers to finish up smaller tasks, Plunify for Quartus II provides a stress free alternative to meet the most demanding IT needs." Plunify also gives access to advanced analysis and verification tools as well as hardware on demand – on a pay for what you need, when you need it basis. In this way, Plunify claims it can generate savings of more than 50%.