Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 22.1, you might see this error during the VCS simulation of the Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA EMIF.
To work around this problem, remove the -partcomp VCS argument during simulation or revert to the previous IOSSM by setting the ed_sim.emif_cal.emif_cal.emif_cal.arch_inst.io_ssm.iossm_use_model parameter to 0 as described in the External Memory Interfaces Intel Agilex® FPGA IP User Guide.
This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software.