One year after acquiring LDRA
Tasking introduces complete end-to-end toolchain
Development tool provider Tasking has combined its own tools with those of LDRA, which Tasking acquired a year ago, to create a single, complete end-to-end toolchain for compiling, debugging, and testing safety- and security-critical systems.
With the integration of LDRA and Tasking capabilities, the seamless, integrated toolchain provides complete end-to-end compile, debug, and test capabilities. Its AI enhancements accelerate the design of functionally safe and secure embedded real-time systems in automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial, and robotics.
“We acquired LDRA to make it even easier and more cost-effective for our customers to bring safe, secure embedded systems to market,” said Christoph Herzog, Co-CEO of Tasking. “By integrating LDRA’s elite testing software with our industry-leading compilers and debuggers, we’ve created a unified, AI-powered CI/CD-capable certified toolchain that optimizes development from requirements to compliance. Whether customers need individual compile, debug or test tools or a complete end-to-end solution, they can now find it from one company. We also remain committed to providing continued support for all LDRA customers.”
The integrated Tasking tool chain simplifies and accelerates complex development tasks such as assessing Worse Case Execution Time (WCET) in the presence of multi-core interference. Development is further streamlined with AI enhancements that help automate tedious manual efforts to optimize results and options in less time.
Additionally, the Tasking toolchain offers numerous advantages for embedded software development engineers, including:
• Certified tools, software components, and workflows for specific industries and standards
• Intrinsic safety and security throughout the development process
• Lower risk and cost from coding to compliance and certification
• Simplified fleet license management globally
• Advanced multicore SoC development leveraging both physical and virtualized environments
The benefits of an integrated toolchain go far beyond performance and ease of use. Tools designed to work together enable unique capabilities difficult or impossible to achieve using individual tools. For example, assessing and optimizing the impact of multi-core interference on WCET for compliance testing requires iterative analysis. The process involves trying different compiler options, capturing real-time data with a debugger/target, and analyzing data with the right test tools – a feat best accomplished with integrated end-to-end tools.
“With the integrated Tasking toolchain, Tasking brings together the entire software development lifecycle – from requirements to deployment – and takes it to a new level,” Christoph Herzog added. “Seamlessly introducing test and verification in early design stages reveals potential issues sooner, minimizes the cost and delay to resolve them, and accelerates compliance to industry standards while reducing risk.”
Tasking will showcase its overall compile - debug - test portfolio, including AI capabilities, at embedded world 2026, in Hall 4, Booth 150.
