embedded.com, Jun. 10, 2025 –
IAR has released a significant update to its premier toolchains: the IAR toolchains for Arm version 9.70 and RISC-V version 3.40. The cloud-enabled IAR platform is considerably improved by these contemporary toolchains, which introduce new capabilities in automation, safety, and performance. These capabilities are designed to support the development of agile, scalable embedded applications in the automotive, industrial, medical, and IoT markets.
The most recent IAR toolchains are designed to accommodate the growing complexity of embedded systems by providing cloud-based licensing, multi-architecture support, and integration with CI/CD pipelines. IAR provides a unified platform for secure, high-quality development as Arm and RISC-V continue to drive innovation. These innovations allow customers to accelerate the time to market, reduce R&D expenses, and enhance ROI, thereby creating a more predictable and scalable process for complex embedded development.
IAR’s commitment to contemporary DevOps practices and distributed development is further fortified by the most recent releases. Teams can optimize development across hybrid and cloud-native environments by improving compatibility with open-source SDKs, CMake-based workflows, and externally built executables. Developers benefit from a consistent and traceable experience that is facilitated by the IAR platform, regardless of whether they are working locally or in containerized CI/CD pipelines.
Feature-wise, the Arm toolchain enhances integration with open-source and vendor SDKs by providing broader support for GNU C/C++ and C++20. Support for DSP and SIMD instructions is expanded in the RISC-V release, and automotive-grade IP, such as Synopsys ARC-V, is compatible with it. This allows developers to confidently employ industry-ready tools.
Toolchain fragmentation is eliminated by IAR, which consolidates contemporary workflows into a single platform. Developers can simplify certification, safeguard intellectual property, and decrease time-to-market by leveraging the built-in support for safety standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and IEC 62304. The platform also facilitates legacy maintenance and guarantees continuity across changing processor landscapes, thereby enabling development teams to operate more efficiently and with greater flexibility and dependability.
In addition to these enhancements, the most recent IAR Visual Studio Code extensions (v.1.42) introduce advanced RTOS-aware debugging to the IAR platform. Task and interrupt logging, multicore execution insights, and native Zephyr RTOS support on Arm provide developers with a more comprehensive understanding of real-time behavior, all within their familiar development environment. Complicated embedded systems are rendered more transparent, development is expedited, and debugging is simplified by these improvements. As a consequence, teams can optimize resource usage, improve code quality, and reduce iteration cycles, resulting in quicker delivery and a higher return on development investments.