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12 years ago

Fun or no fun with Cyclone V Integrated ARM processors?

Hello, the following I have posted on another Forum but haven't receive many responses. So, I am going to post it here. I've been reading about the new Cyclone V and it's integrated ARM proces...
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12 years ago

Hi Joe:

No it is not "Required" to use an OS, but highly recommended to get the full capabilities of the SMP system.

You can definitely us just one of the 2 CPU's. I'm not positive is the second core in this case can be totally powered down. It's can be held in reset however.

The tools are ok, probably not the best, but much better than they were a few years back. I'm an FPGA guy however, so the CPU is not my main area of focus.

For the FPGA tools, I like the Altera tools much better than the Xilinx tools as far as system integration.

Pete