Improvement on CoreMark benchmark for ARM Cortex-M0
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IAR Systems has announced that its IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM performs up to 13% better on CoreMark benchmarks for Cortex-M0 compared to the previous version of IAR Embedded Workbench.
Optimised for code size and increased execution speed, the new version, 5.41, supports code generation and debugging of ARM Cortex-R4F core with the vector floating point (vfp) co-processor extension.
IAR says that devices with this unit can benefit from the compiler's vfp support, making floating point operations written in C/C++ run in fewer clock cycles. The company also says it improves the performance of the compiled code.
Additional features include the ability to set start and stop trace triggers, while the instruction trace triggers can be started and stopped based on conditions such as specific code locations and data access.
Mats Ullström, product director, IAR Systems said, "We are proud to present another highly competitive set of tools to the market. We were the first to offer a development kit for the Cortex-M0, and we now believe we are releasing the best compiler for the Cortex-M0."
