Altera’s Embedded portfolio offers the broadest selection of soft processor cores in the industry. From Nios® II, the FPGA industry’s #1 soft processor, to popular architectures from ARM® and Freescale, Altera has what you need to take your embedded development to the next level. All of the following processor cores work seamlessly with Altera’s SOPC Builder system design tool to give you a head start on your next design.
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 Nios II Processor |
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| Create an exact mix of peripherals, memory interfaces, and hardware accelerators for your application with Nios II--The world's most versatile embedded processor | ||
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Cortex-M1 |
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| The ARM Cortex-M1 processor addresses the need for a high-quality, standard processor architecture for Altera® FPGA applications allowing you to choose the optimal implementation for each project | ||
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V1 ColdFire |
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| The small-footprint V1 ColdFire core is designed for entry-level 32-bit applications. It enhances system utilization, resulting in low-power consumption, while giving more than ten times the performance of an 8-bit MCU. | ||
Additional processor cores are available from Altera partners.
