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This lecture covers the Nios II embedded system architecture, including the Nios II/Avalon Architecture, memory components, JTAG connection, and various peripherals. It explains trade-off patterns in implementation variables, programming model registers, interrupt handling, exceptions, and performance metrics for Interrupt Service Routines (ISRs). The lecture also delves into the hardware interrupt controller, interrupt vector custom instruction, and the handling of software traps and unimplemented instructions.