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9 years ago

What are difference between NIOS II processor And DSP processor

hi friends can any one brief the difference between NIOS II and any other DSP processor
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9 years ago

Nios is based on MIPS architecture and it is totally different from DSPs. If you need a high performance Digital Signal Processor, you may use an external DSP or implement your processing inside FPGA using hardware logic (not software-based Nios application). Architecture of Nios is for embedded applications, not DSP applications.