RiscFree* IDE for Intel® FPGAs Available Now!
Last year, Intel announced the Nios® V/m soft-core processor for Intel® FPGAs. This processor core is based on the RISC-V RV32IA processor architecture with atomic extensions and a 5-stage pipeline. It delivers as much as five times the performance relative to a Nios® II soft-core processor when instantiated in an Intel® Agilex™ FPGA. Intel recently became a Premier member of the RISC-V International global open hardware standards organization that governs RISC-V processor development.
Introducing Intel’s Next-Generation of Nios® Soft-Core Processor: Nios® V Processor
Intel has launched the next generation of soft processors for Intel ® FPGAs—The Nios V processor. The Nios V processor is based on the open-source RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). Leveraging RISC-V in promises to dramatically expand the already large Nios processor ecosystem, and deliver even greater flexibility and performance to developers of FPGA-based systems.