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Honored ContributorYou can run the NIOS much faster that 50 MHz, We are running in a Cyclone 3 at 96 MHz with no problems and have had it running as high as 168 MHz.
That would be the first change. The other is figure out what is the longest computational path, and if you can, add a hardware engine that does that specific function. IE if you are spending most of your time computing an FFT, add a Hardware FFT and just pass it the data and look at the results. This will require a "Software/Hardware" interface, and won't usually be just plug and play, so you'll have to know how to work in Verilog or VHDL to make it work, but it can give you significant improvements. Pete
