Archive: https://archive.today/xVUXT From the post: What’s Changing with Vivado Tool Licensing AMD Vivado™ Design Suite is evolving to a new tiered licensing model starting with the 2026.1 release. This gives more licensing options at more price points, providing flexibility to pay only for the device families and features that you need. **What is Changing** New tiered licensing model with the 2026.1 release More choice and flexibility—pay for what you need Tiered options: BASIC, CORE, PRO (annual) and ENTERPRISE, GOLD (perpetual) Scales from free entry-level to full-featured environments **What is Not Changing** The Vivado experience you trust stays the same Vivado Enterprise Edition remains available under the same perpetual license model, causing no disruption to existing workflows No changes to IP licensing No changes to license generation Vivado Lab Edition remains unchanged