IAR Systems strengthens development tools for Atmel AVR32 with 80 percent faster code and new functionality

Uppsala, Sweden—July 9, 2013—Today, IAR Systems® announces the availability of version 4.20 of its embedded development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for AVR32. In addition to user-friendly functionality, the version includes major enhancements to the advanced code optimizations technology, gaining significantly faster code execution as well as smaller code size. The enhancements result in heavily improved scores on the CoreMark® benchmark test suite. Scores are more than 80 percent higher compared to the previous version. New functionality includes a new text editor with