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HKale1
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7 years agoDoes it require a paid license to run OpenCL on DE10 Nano developemnt board ?
Hello Everyone, I want to build an application on the DE10 Nano development board using OpenCL. Does the Intel FPGA SDK require a paid license to compile and run OpenCL code on DE10 Nano I really ...
CalvinJoaz_P_Intel
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7 years agoHi Hrishikesh Kale,
Good day.
1) FPGAs were traditionally programmed using hardware description languages (HDL) that are synthesizable, such as Verilog and VHDL. These languages include complex constructs for describing parallel simulations and timing delays that requires specialized skills. Recent improvements in tool flows have enabled development of OpenCL heterogeneous parallel programing framework for Intel FPGAs. The OpenCL standard naturally matches the highly parallel nature of FPGAs. OpenCL allows the programmer to explicitly specify and control the thread-level parallelism, while developing in C-like programming language. This
enables good match for FPGA development as it offers very high level of parallelism.
Refer link below for more info.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/software/programmable/sdk-for-opencl/overview.html
2) According to Intel Quartus comparison link below Cyclone V (DE10 Nano) supported under both Quartus Lite and Stardard.
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/po/ss-quartus-comparison.pdf
3) DE10-Nano board supports under Quartus Prime Lite Edition software, which does not require a license.
You can download from download center FPGA link below.
http://fpgasoftware.intel.com/16.1/?edition=lite&platform=windows&download_manager=dlm3
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/training/university/materials-software.html
Let me know if this has helped resolve the issue you are facing or if you need any further assistance.
Thank you.
- HKale17 years ago
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Thanks a lot for your help
Hrishikesh