Nios® V Processor for Intel® FPGA

Nios® V processor is the next generation of soft processor for Intel® FPGAs based on the open-source RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture. This processor is available in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software starting with version 21.3.

Read the Nios® V Processor reference manual

Benefits

Flexibility and High Performance

  • Meet high-performance levels and unparalleled flexibility for your embedded design with the Nios V processors.
  • Eliminate the need for excessive expenses on high clock frequencies and power-hungry off-the-shelf processors.
  • Seamlessly integrate CPUs, peripherals, memory interfaces, and custom peripherals.

Simple and Standard Flows with Easy System Integration

  • Utilize traditional hardware tool flows, such as Platform Designer and the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software.
  • Build a design from scratch using the Nios V processor or migrate existing Nios II designs.
  • Seamlessly integrate with pre-existing IP cores within Platform Designer.

Open-Source Community and Debug Module

  • Leverage the power of the community-maintained ecosystem to expedite your path to market.
  • Select cutting-edge toolchains, debuggers, and real-time operating systems (RTOS) available from the RISC-V ecosystem, for your software development.
  • Debug your design with the supported Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) debug module, offering on-chip debugging capabilities.

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Three Nios® V Processors to Meet Your Design Requirements

Watch the Nios V Processor Portfolio Video

Nios® V/g General Purpose Processor

  • RV32IMA(F)Zicsr_Zicbom
  • Highest performance Nios V processor​
  • Supports RTOS embedded system

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Nios® V/m Microcontroller

  • RV32IAZicsr (Pipelined) & RV32IZicsr (Non-Pipelined)
  • Supports RTOS embedded system​
  • Balanced for performance and size

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Nios® V/c Compact Microcontroller

  • RV32I​
  • No debug​
  • Smallest Nios V processor for non-interrupt-driven control application

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Get Started Today

Nios® V Processor Options

Compare and learn more about the different soft processor options available in Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software. The video demonstrates a Hello World design walkthrough using the design software and Ashling* RiscFree IDE for Intel FPGAs.

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Step 1

Download the latest Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software and the Ashling RiscFree IDE for Intel FPGAs and get started.

Download Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition Software

Step 2

Get the Nios V processor IP license from the Self-service licensing center at no cost with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software.

Self service licensing center

Step 3

Nios V example designs are now available on the FPGA Design Store starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software v22.4.

FPGA Design Store

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