Wendy Lockhart, senior manager, design solutions marketing and training at Actel
said that Actel continues to provide competitive tools that run on the latest popular PCs and operating systems. He also added that customers could upgrade to the latest PCs and Windows 7 and be confident that Actel FPGA development tools are fully qualified and the newest release of Libero IDE provides FPGA designers ease-ofuse, design performance improvement, and silicon feature exploitation capabilities that enables them to meet their design objectives faster.
Pricing and Availability
Libero IDE can be downloaded and installed directly from Actel's website. Service Pack 2 download includes all service pack 1 features; users should review both sets of release notes. The Actel Libero Gold edition is available on Windows 7, XP or Vista free of charge. All editions are one-year renewable licenses. Libero IDE Platinum is $2495 per seat. Node-locked and Floating licenses are also available.