Capacity
Capacity is a measure of the number of IAR executables that can be used simultaneously. The executables are:
the compiler
the linker
C-STAT
the debugger
There is only one type of capacity, used by all IAR tools and supported architectures.
The following illustration shows a simplified view of two build pipelines. One pipeline requires a capacity of four and takes longer time to finish, the other pipeline requires a capacity of eight and finishes faster. A higher build throughput comes with a higher capacity usage.
Note
Various factors might lead to a lower peak capacity usage than expected. For example, when using the make tool with the -j option for parallelism, the source file size, timing, and OS scheduling can lead to a lower peak capacity usage.
The capacity determines the maximum number of IAR executables that can be used simultaneously, and is set by IAR when the cloud licensing system is set up. To change your capacity, contact your IAR sales representative.
The capacity can be allocated to different tokens to control your build systems. The tokens can be configured by an admin in IAR MyPages.