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8 years ago

NIOS vs ARM

Does anyone know how does a NIOS softcore, implemented on a MAX10, compare to an ARM hardcore, from a speed point of view?
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8 years ago

There's no comparison (well, there's some comparison). Nios is more akin to a microcontroller while the Arm processors in the SoC devices are applications class processors. Nios works well with no OS or an RTOS while the Arm processors work great with a full OS like a Linux variant and aren't suited well for an RTOS.