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Jan1000
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2 years ago

Nios-II/Nios-V future on Intel FPGAs

Hello, My colleagues and I teach a university course on FPGAs, and I have a question regarding the anticipated support for the Nios-V processor in Quartus. Until now, we have incorporated the Nios-I...
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KianHinT_altera
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2 years ago

Hi sstrell,

Thanks for providing the information on the 23.1 Lite version and Nios II.

Hi Jan,

What sstrell mentioned is correct, Nios II has been discontinued and users are advised to migrate to Nios V onwards. Did you test on 23.1 Quartus Lite Edition when you mentioned software flow on Nios V is not supported?

I will also check with our Intel university program coordinator to confirm on this.

Thanks

Regards

Kian

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KianHinT_altera
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2 years ago

Hi Jan,

I've gotten the feedback from our Altera/Intel University program coordinator on this matter as per below:

Basically Nios V is available on Standard/Lite version 23.1 and currently they are working on the educational material around Nios V which will be available later this year.

The current stance is to stick with Nios II for now. Once Altera release the new materials for Nios V, then it would be up to the individual professors to decide whether to continue using Nios II or move to Nios V. However do note that in near future, Altera will only be supporting Nios V in the university program .

Thanks

Regards

Kian