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8 years ago

OpenCL with Terasic Atlas-SOC an Quartus Lite possible?

Hi everyone, I just bought myself a Terasic DE0 Atlas-SOC board because I'd like to explore the possibilities of OpenCL FPGA programming. I've done some VHDL at university once but found it t...
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8 years ago

You are correct, there seems to be a BSP, but it is developed by a third-party. Of course this doesn't mean the BSP doesn't work; in fact, it probably does, but you should not expect any updates or support.

Regarding license, the only cheap way I know of obtaining an OpenCL license is being affiliated with a university and obtaining one through Altera's university program. Other than that, I have no idea about Altera's licensing options. You can open a support request through their website and ask.