IAR Systems, Micrium to expand software tool alliance

Focus for development alliance will be on ARM Cortex family

Loring Wirbel, Contributing Editor -- EDN, 10/23/2009 11:08:00 AM

  IAR Systems Software Inc. and Micrium Inc. will expand their development relationship in 32-bit embedded designs.  IAR, a leader in development and debugging tools, will work with Micrium, originators of the uC/OS-II RTOS, on high-end control designs in embedded markets, focusing on the ARM Cortex family.

The summer and fall have seen a big leap in ARM interest, capped off by the Oct. 21 ARM TechCon3 conference, and exemplified by many new licensees and a host of new OEM designs in smartbook and smartphone applications.  IAR and Micrium officials say the advent of multicore Cortex A9 MPCore, as well as the low-end Cortex A5, underscore the need for more embedded tools for complex 32-bit designs.