IAR Systems Delivers Advancements in Power Debugging Technology

IAR Systems® today announced new advancements in its innovative award-winning Power Debugging technology. Enhancements include the possibility to define power thresholds for filtering power data and to set power breakpoints, functionality that greatly simplify the process to accurately locate source code triggering unexpected levels of power consumption. Higher sampling rates of up to 10kHz also allows higher resolution in the correlation between power samples and source code. Because the integrated power debug technology offered in IAR Embedded Workbench® requires no extra tools, software engineers are able to test and reduce the system’s power consumption during the normal software development. Power breakpoints and data filtering make the technology even easier to use since it automates some of the tasks and helps developers find the corresponding source code to power hot spots easier. “Software engineers need an easy way to take control of the system’s power consumption. Our Power Debugging technology takes power consumption analysis out of the lab and brings it to every programmer’s desk. This way power tuning becomes integrated in the workflow” said Thomas Winkler, Director European Sales, IAR Systems. “Not only does this speed up the development process for our customers when there are fewer iterations between software development and testing, it also allows the end product to be better optimized in terms of power consumption.” IAR Systems’ Power Debugging technology has been awarded with Best Electronic Design 2010 by Electronic Design magazine, and is a finalist for the 2010 EDN Innovation Awards. IAR Embedded Workbench is an integrated development environment incorporating the optimizing IAR C/C++ compiler and the versatile IAR C-SPY Debugger. Power Debugging is supported for ARM Cortex and Renesas RX targets. The new power breakpoint and filtering features are currently available in IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM version 6.20. Evaluation versions can be downloaded from www.iar.com/downloads. Information: For more information about Power Debugging, visit: www.powerdebugging.com

About IAR Systems IAR Systems is the world’s leading supplier of software tools for developing embedded systems applications. The software enables over 14 000 large and small companies to develop premium products based on 8-, 16-, and 32-bit microcontrollers, mainly in the areas of industrial automation, medical devices, consumer electronics, telecommunication and automotive products. IAR Systems has an extensive network of partners and cooperates with the world’s leading semiconductor vendors. IAR Systems is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm via its owner Intoi AB. Intoi AB is being renamed IAR Systems Group. When the amendment is registered with the Companies Registration Office, the company's ticker symbol on the NASDAQ OMX will become IAR. For more information, please visit www.iar.com. Editor's Note: IAR Systems, IAR Embedded Workbench, C-SPY, visualSTATE, The Code to Success, IAR KickStart Kit, IAR and the logotype of IAR Systems are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by IAR Systems AB. J-Link and J-Trace are trademarks licensed to IAR Systems AB. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners.