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22 years ago

Processor for MAXII

Hi, I know how this is the NIOS forum and such, but NIOSII (or NIOSI for that matter) will not support the upcoming MAXII family. I have been working on a minimal 8 it processor for MAXII, but...
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22 years ago

If I'm not mistaken our local Altera guys said NIOS1 or 2 could not work with MAXII because they don't have the right kind of memory (if any at all). We were told that the MAXII parts are really Cyclone parts with an internal config memory device. What happened to the Cyclone memory? We suggested to them that there is a market out there for a small processor that could fit in the MAXII parts. Looks like this post agrees with us. They should create a MAXII part that has a reasonable amount of internal memory. This would be a great solution for many!

Rick