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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

which embedded core is better?

Can anybody explain the difference between nios and arm, or other CPU, such as PowerPC. which area does the nios core fit for? thanks for any advice ps:my enlish is weak http://forum.niosforum...
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20 years ago

Hi sclarkca,

Nios is a soft core processor, that is a processor implemented in a programmable logic device through a HDL (hardware description language) such as VHDL. Altera has also FPGA with "hard core" processor within, in particular Arm processor: it's a processor implemented in a dedicated hardware device, with programmable logic all around.

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