What is the Nios® V Processor?
Nios ® The Altera V processor ® FPGA Open source that can be installed RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) It is a software processor.
The Nios® V Advantage
-Because it is a software processor, you can choose the instruction set according to your needs.
・ Custom Instructions can be added
・Nios ® No Compared to maximum 5 Double the performance
-Conversion from Nios ® II to Nios ® V is possible
・Intel HAL, uC/OS-II support
- Uses the open source RISC-V software ecosystem
- Supports bare metal, 3rd party RTOS and Linux
Altera Partnership with Ashling to provide Ashling development tools for free
- Supports Altera® HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer)
・Quartus ® Prime Development Software Platform Designer By Nios ® V Processor integration and BSP (Board Support Package) Can generate
Nios® V Lineup
Nios ® V/g General Our Group's Purpose Processor
・RV32IM(F)Zicsr_Zicbom
・The best performance of Nios ® V Processor
- Supports RTOS embedded systems
Nios ® V/m Microcontroller
・RV32IZicsr (pipeline) & RV32IZicsr (non-pipeline)
- Supports RTOS embedded systems
・Nios ® The processor with the best balance of performance and size in the V series
Development environment
・Hardware development environment
To develop Nios ® V hardware, you need Quartus ® Prime (paid) and Nios ® V (free) licenses.
Both licenses are available from Altera's Self Service license Center (SSLC).
・Software development environment
Since Nios® V is based on RISC-V, you can use third-party vendors' development tools for RISC-V.
If you do not have a RISC-V tool, you can use the following tools provided by Altera free of charge.
-Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Intel® FPGAs (free)