SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (EDS) Standard Version 20.1 Release Notes

ID 683202
Date 6/12/2020
Public

New Features and Enhancements

Table 1.  New Features and Enhancements for SoC EDS Standard Edition version 20.1
Area Description
Arm* Development Studio* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition Arm* DS-5* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition is not part of the SoC FPGA EDS package. Instead, it is replaced by Arm* DS* for Intel® SoC FPGA Edition which can be downloaded from the Download Center for FPGAs website.
Hardware Library (HWLib)
  • Added the ability to use:
    • Linaro* GCC compiler
    • Standard C library for embedded systems: newlib
  • Removed Mentor Graphics* CS3 dependency
  • Added hardware init source
Python and OpenJDK
  • All software examples have been updated to use the Linaro* toolchain by default
  • OpenJDK upgraded to match Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition version 20.1
  • Host tools scripts upgraded to Python 3.8.1, including a rewrite for some of the secure boot tools