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Honored ContributorIs Nios II free?
Is the Nios II processor free? I have checked the Altera website but I do not quite understand what a time limited license is? Is the IDE time limited or is the processor that runs in your FPGA time ...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- If you purchase it with a Kit then the license is good for one year --- Quote End --- I don't understand, the pricing doesn't make any sense to me. According to Altera web site, a Quartus subscription has a yearly cost of $2.495. Add the NIOS subscription and the yearly cost is almost $3.000. OTOH, the Nios Kit costs $995. Why would you pay $3.000 per year when you can get the same by buying one NIOS Kit every year, at less than $1.000? Plus you have a new hardware kit every year, which I guess you eventually could use for decoration purposes :) Of course that there is a difference, the subscription doesn't expire as the kit license. That would make a difference if you want to purchase the license one. But if you plan to mantain a subscription, then it doesn't make any sense to me.
