Technical Information: NIOS

Nios Processor Version 2.11
September 2002

• mflat GNU compiler option for flat register space
• SOPC Builder version 2.61
• Quartus II Limited Edition software version 2.1
• Mentor Graphics LeonardoSpectrum-Altera software version 2002c

• Stratix
• Excalibur
• APEX II
• APEX 20K
• APEX 20KE
• APEX 20KC
• ACEX 1K
• FLEX 10K
• FLXE 10KE
• Mercury

• Windows XP
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0 and higher
• Sun Solaris 2.7
• Sun Solaris 2.8
• HP-UX 11.0

• Quartus II Limited Edition version 2.1
• Quartus II software version 2.1

Nios Processor Version 2.1
April 2002

• Push-button Stratix device support
• SOPC Builder version 2.52
• Quartus II Limited Edition software version 2.0
• LeonardoSpectrum-Altera software version 2002a

• Stratix
• Excalibur
• APEX II
• APEX 20K
• APEX 20KE
• APEX 20KC
• ACEX 1K
• FLEX 10K
• FLXE 10KE
• Mercury

• Windows XP
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0 and higher
• Sun Solaris 2.7
• Sun Solaris 2.8
• HP-UX 11.0

• Quartus II Limited Edition version 2.0
• Quartus II software version 2.0, service pack 1

Nios Processor Version 2.0
January 2002

• Simultaneous multi-master bus
• On-chip debugging
• Custom instructions
• Advanced simulation support
• DMA peripheral
• SDRAM controller
• GNUPro compiler optimizations

• ARM-based Excalibur
• APEX II
• APEX 20K
• APEX 20KE
• APEX 20KC
• ACEX 1K
• FLEX 10K
• FLXE 10KE
• Mercury

• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0 and higher
• Sun Solaris 2.7
• Sun Solaris 2.8

• Quartus II Limited Edition version 1.1
• Quartus II version 1.1, service pack 1, service pack 2

Nios Version 1.1.1
8/2001

• Expanded simulation support
• MAX+PLUS II character support
• PIO and UART interrupt logic fixes
• Dynamic bus-sizing issue fixes
• Resolution of black-boxed peripheral and declaration instantiation issues

• APEX 20K/E/C Device Family
• ACEX 1K Device Family
• FLEX 10K/E Device Family
• Mercury Device Family
• Excalibur ARM-based Device Family

• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0 and higher
• Sun Solaris 2.8
• Sun Solaris 2.7
• HPUX 11.0

• Quartus II v1.0
• Quartus II v1.1
• Quartus II LE v1.1

Nios Version 1.1
3/2001

• Added Peripheral:
  - Serial peripheral interface (SPI)
• Dynamic bus-sizing
• Interger multiply unit
• Streamlined GDB support
• Unified on-chip memory wizard
• User-definable peripheral library

• APEX 20K/E/C Device Family
• ACEX 1K Device Family
• FLEX 10K/E Device Family
• Mercury Device Family

• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0 and higher
• Windows 98

• Quartus II v1.0

Nios Version 1.0.1

• Added Support for:
  - C++ Support
  - 16-bit Nios processor
• Bug Fixes:
  - GNU Debugger
  - Peripherals disabled when outside memory range

• APEX 20K/E Device Family

• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0 and higher
• Windows 98
• Sun Solaris 2.8
• Sun Solaris 2.7

• Quartus 2000.09
• Quartus 2000.05

Nios Processor Version 1.0
September 2000

• Peripherals:
  - UART
  - Timer
  - External memory interface (SRAM, Flash)
  - Internal memory interface (embedded system block (ESB), ROM, and RAM)
  - PIO

• APEX 20K
• APEX 20KE

• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0 and higher
• Windows 98
• Sun Solaris 2.6
• Sun Solaris 2.7

• Quartus software version 2000.09
• Quartus software version 2000.05