Embedded Processors

Altera’s embedded portfolio offers the broadest selection of soft processor cores in the industry. From the Nios^® II processor, the FPGA industry’s #1 soft processor, to popular architectures from ARM^®, MIPS^®, and Freescale, Altera has what you need to take your embedded development to the next level.

The embedded intellectual property (IP) portfolio comprises many free Qsys and SOPC Builder components as well as licensed Altera and partner Qsys compliant and SOPC Builder-ready cores.

In addition to 32-bit processor architectures, the Altera IP portfolio includes 16- and 8-bit microcontroller solutions from several partners. Visit our Embedded Processing section to learn more about Altera’s embedded solutions.

Product Name	Solution Type	Supported Devices	SOPC Builder Ready	Qsys Compliant	Provider
4K Upscaling Video Conversion Reference Design	Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX	-	-	Altera
ARM Cortex M1	IP Core	Cyclone III			ARM
ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore Processor	IP Core	Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Arria V SX, Arria V ST	-		Altera
C68000 Microprocessor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Arria II GX, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
C68000 AHB Microprocessor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Arria II GX, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
C80186EC Microprocessor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
C80186XL Microprocessor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
CZ80CPU 8-Bit Processor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Arria II GX, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
DF6811E 8-Bit Fast Microcontroller	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II			Digital Core Design
DFPIC1655X RISC Microcontroller	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Digital Core Design
DP8051 Pipelined High-Performance 8-bit Microcontroller	IP Core	Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Digital Core Design
DR8051XP Pipelined High-Performance 8-Bit Microcontroller	IP Core	Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Digital Core Design
Embedded IP Suite	IP Core	Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Arria V SX, Arria V ST, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Stratix V GX, Stratix V E, Stratix V GT, Stratix V GS, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GT, Stratix IV GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX			Altera
Math Co-Processor for 80386SX (C387L)	IP Core	Cyclone III, Stratix III E, Cyclone II, Stratix II	-	-	CAST, Inc.
MP32 (MIPS) Processor	IP Core	EP4E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Arria II GX, Cyclone III		-	SLS
Multi-output scaler	Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX	-		Altera
Nios II Embedded Processor	IP Core	Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Stratix V GX, Stratix V E, Stratix V GT, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GT, Stratix IV GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX			Altera
R8051XC2	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Arria II GX, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
RISC 8051 Entry point (R8051XC-EP)	IP Core	Cyclone II, Stratix II	-	-	CAST, Inc.
S2C Dual Stratix-4 530 TAI Logic Module	Development Kit	Stratix IV	-	-	S2C
S2C Dual Stratix-4 820 TAI Logic Module	Development Kit	Stratix IV	-	-	S2C
S2C Quad Stratix-4 820 TAI Logic Module	Development Kit	Stratix IV	-	-	S2C
S2C SingleA Stratix-4 530 TAI Logic Module	Development Kit	Stratix IV	-	-	S2C
S2C SingleA Stratix-4 820 TAI Logic Module	Development Kit	Stratix IV	-	-	S2C
S2C Stratix-4 180GX TAI Verification Module	Development Kit	Stratix IV	-	-	S2C
S2C Stratix-4 360GX TAI Verification Module	Development Kit	Stratix IV	-	-	S2C
T8051	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Arria II GX, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
V1 ColdFire	IP Core	Cyclone III			Freescale

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