Aldec, Inc. is offering certified Educational Facilities access to an EDU Editions and Student Edition of its professional Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software tools. The University Program makes available Aldec's Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO tools based on a limited set of features and performance in the newly released EDU Edition.

These product configurations are only available for class room use and require letter of certification stating the purpose of use on letterhead from the respective University.

University and Educational customers seeking to purchase Active-HDL or Riviera-PRO standard products for research applications must do so outside of the Educational program, by contacting their local sales representatives.
 

Pricing and Availability

Educational Editions of Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO are sold directly from Aldec and are one year time-based licenses. All configurations are mixed language and support mixed simulation of VHDL and Verilog.

Ordering

To request a quote or place an order for educational only product, please contact university@aldec.com.
 

Upgrades

For Educational customers seeking unrestricted performance or additional functionality not offered in the EDU Edition of Active-HDL or Riviera-PRO we offer a substantial discount off of list price for all time based versions of Aldec commercially available configurations. Please contact your local authorized distributor.
 

Research Projects

Authorization

Aldec, Inc. will not accept orders for its EDU Editions or commercial products at educational prices, unless the following criteria are met:

1. Letter from the Dean or Head of Department stating that the use of Aldec’s products is for Educational Purposes only and will not be used either directly or together with other products outside of the class for any purpose other than teaching.
2. Credit Card orders must be from the educational facilities credit card only, otherwise all Purchase Orders must come from the University exclusively.
3. Only after Aldec’s review and authorization will the order be accepted.  

Textbook Publishing Partners

Aldec, Inc. is also bundling its Student Edition of Active-HDL with textbook publishers Pearson Prentice Hall and McGraw-Hill. The quickest approach to gaining access to the product is to download the product from Aldec website.

Testimonial

"The Computer Science Department at Rowan University consists of thirteen highly qualified faculty members and two professional staff members. The department offers a Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Computer Science as well as a minor in Computer Science. Computer science students master current technology and develop the versatility needed to adapt in this fast evolving field. Recent graduates have found exciting careers in industry, government and education. The program also prepares students for graduate study in Computer Science and related fields. Specializations are available in the areas of software engineering, networking and operating systems, information technology, programming languages and compilers, and artificial intelligence. The Computer Science Department moved to Active-HDL as part of an initiative to introduce and teach Hardware Description Languages (VHDL) into the computer science curriculum for computer architecture and computer hardware that will benefit from Active HDL design. The curriculum includes Computer Organization, Principles of Digital Computers, Digital Computer Design Lab, Embedded System Design, and Advanced Computer Architecture.

We as Computer Science professionals and educators are always looking for effective means to facilitate learning and provide the “state of the art” experiences for our student. Your product provides just such an environment for our undergraduate hardware centered classes. We and our students have found Active-HDL to be a very versatile and an easy to use environment for developing digital components and systems. Further, our students find the ability to manage and test complex designs very helpful in removing the burden of learning a development environment from the design process. We believe that our students must be versed in both the hardware and software aspects of our profession to be relevant to a changing job market. Active-HDL and the integration of VHDL into our computer architecture course sequence provides the opportunity to our students to develop a deeper understanding of digital design and computer hardware. The built in documentation and wizards also eases the burden of learning the tool and the support that Aldec provides for this product is outstanding. I would recommend Active-HDL to any faculty, students or university looking to move forward with a design and simulation tool that allows more time to be devoted to learning computer hardware and digital design."

Dr. Nancy Tinkham, Professor and Chair, Computer Science Department, Rowan University