OpenCL with Terasic Atlas-SOC an Quartus Lite possible?

Thanks for the advice! That's actually some very good news, I'm a big fan of Linux but am still lacking the need to use it apart from my web servers. Do you think Ubuntu works as well? How about MacOS because I actually only have a macbook and don't really want to add a third OS to its hdd.

I only tried the other OpenCL SDKs in case I'm not going to be able to develop or FPGAs. I'm hoping I might at least get some hands-on experience with GPUs.

I also just got a reply from Terasic customer support which I will just paste in below. There seems to be another DE0 BSP available as this one is straight from Terasic and not Rocketboards.

So this looks like I might get lucky after all - I only need to get my hands on an OpenCL license. I guess I'd have to get in contact with Altera sales directly and kindly ask them whether I may buy one? I wonder why someone shouldn't be allowed to buy it though ...

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Hello Valentin,

Thanks for your emails.

Regarding your questions, please refer to the following answers for your reference.

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Now I find out that I need to buy a separate openCL license - another

$200 as of your website.

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I think you might be referring to the license which is shown on the accessory option zone to DE5/ DE5a-Net board.

Kindly note that we are not able to sell the license separately to you since the license is set as a bundle for the DE5-Net and DE5a-Net boards.

FYI, the license/ software are actually not in our sales field. Hence, you will need to check with Altera for purchasing the license directly.

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sorry to disturb again - I just found that your DE1-SoC Board is "Preferred for OpenCL".

Does that mean it also comes with an OpenCL SDK license? Will I be able to start developing OpenCL if I buy that board? Or do I still need to buy something else (another license)?

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DE1-SoC is concerned suitable for running OpenCL by Altera, but we don't sell the license along with the board.

Only DE5-Net/ DE5a-Net comes with the OpenCL license as an optional accessory.

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Can you please confirm that after buying that, the OpenCL SDK will work with Quartus Lite?

Or is there anything else I need to to/get/buy in order to start programming my board with OpenCL?

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Since the OpenCL will need to use the Quartus, you might need to check if the license which Altera/ their distributors provide includes both the Quartus and OpenCL licenses if you don't have the Quartus license yet.

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I've seen that there's a 3rd party BSP available on rocketboards. Do you know anything about it? Does it work? Or does terasic maybe have an unpublished BSP for that board available somewhere?

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Yes, you may refer to the BSP shared on rocketboards as your developing reference.

Or, you may also refer to the following link to download the BSP from Terasic.

http://mail.terasic.com.tw/~keith/20170703/de0_nano_soc_opencl_bsp.zip

Do let us know if you have any questions.

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