AN 980: Nios® V Processor Quartus® Prime Software Support

ID 778829
Date 8/11/2025
Public

3. Supported Features and Microarchitecture

Table 2.   Nios® V Processor Core Features in Different Quartus® Prime Software
Features Quartus® Prime Supported Features
Development Tools All Nios® V processor development tools in Quartus® Prime Standard Edition version 24.1 is similar to Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 25.1.1.
All Nios® V/c processor features All Nios® V/c processor features in Quartus® Prime Standard Edition version 24.1 is similar to Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 25.1.1.
All Nios® V/m processor features All Nios® V/m processor features in Quartus® Prime Standard Edition version 24.1 is similar to Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 25.1.1.
All Nios® V/g processor features All Nios® V/g processor features in Quartus® Prime Standard Edition version 24.1 are similar to those in Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 25.1.1, except for the following:
  • Altera HAL and FreeRTOS firmware in Quartus® Prime Standard Edition does not support Shadow Register.
  • Altera HAL and FreeRTOS firmware in Quartus® Prime Pro Edition supports Shadow Register.