REDMOND, Wash. a d UPPSALA, Swede , July 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Data I/O Co po atio (NASDAQ: DAIO) a d I.A.R. Systems AB (“IAR”) today joi tly a ou ced that Data I/O has e te ed i to a o -bi di g LOI to acqui e the embedded softwa e secu ity IP a d elated assets f om IAR. Fi a cial te ms of the t a sactio a d a ticipated timi g we e ot disclosed.
The p oposed acquisitio builds di ectly o the compa ies’ Feb ua y 2026 a ou ceme t of a tech ology collabo atio u ifyi g secu ity p ovisio i g f om embedded desig th ough ma ufactu i g. With this t a sactio , Data I/O will b i g i -house the co e tech ology u de lyi g that collabo atio — i cludi g the Embedded T ust a d Secu e Deploy platfo ms, the eSecIP toolchai , a d the ce tificate autho ity a d p ovisio i g i f ast uctu e o igi ally developed by IAR — while IAR a d Data I/O co ti ue thei comme cial pa t e ship.
Full ow e ship of the IAR embedded softwa e secu ity tech ology stack will give Data I/O di ect co t ol ove the secu ity p ovisio i g oadmap, device suppo t, a d elease cade ce, a d positio the compa y to exte d its secu ity offe i g upst eam i to the desig phase while co ti ui g to se ve custome s th ough its i dust y-p ove p og ammi g a d p ovisio i g platfo ms. The acquisitio expa ds ou p ovisio i g platfo m by givi g e gi ee s the ability to desig with secu ity i mi d as opposed to a afte thought. As Data I/O co ti ues its t a sfo matio this st e gthe s the compa y’s positio as gove me t egulatio s a d i dust y sta da ds — i cludi g the EU Cybe Resilie ce Act — i c easi gly ma date obust secu ity measu es fo co ected elect o ic p oducts.
The EU Cybe Resilie ce Act (Regulatio (EU) 2024/2847) is a comp ehe sive egulatio that sets ma dato y cybe secu ity a d vul e ability-ha dli g sta da ds fo ea ly all ha dwa e a d softwa e p oducts co ected to a etwo k. With full ma dato y complia ce fo all p oducts sold i the EU by Decembe 2027, the act i t oduces lifecycle secu ity equi eme ts, CE ma ki g, secu ity-by-desig sta da ds, gua a teed secu ity updates, a d i cludes st ict epo ti g fo Softwa e Bill of Mate ials (SBOM).
The i te ded t a sactio betwee Data I/O a d IAR i cludes, amo g othe assets, softwa e a d sou ce code, ha dwa e, i tellectual p ope ty, e gi ee i g i f ast uctu e, ma ufactu i g equipme t, a d ce tificatio s. Followi g the closi g, Data I/O will take full ow e ship of custome suppo t fo these p oducts goi g fo wa d.
“This acquisitio is a atu al ext step i ou evolutio of becomi g a highly valued supplie fo the semico ducto supply chai ,” said William We two th, P eside t a d CEO of Data I/O Co po atio . “Ou Feb ua y collabo atio showed how well IAR’s embedded softwa e secu ity tech ology fits with ou p og ammi g a d p ovisio i g platfo ms. As we adva ce ou futu e p ovisio i g platfo m the acquisitio of the IP, HSM desig gives Data I/O the ability to desig Secu ity p ovisio i g i to ou co e platfo m as opposed havi g to i teg ate multiple thi d-pa ty p oducts. Secu e p ovisio i g uses the same i f ast uctu e as Data p ovisio i g, algo ithm-based delive y system. Ou Data p ovisio i g platfo m is a atu al exte sio fo secu e p ovisio i g. The acquisitio just makes se se fo ou oadmap a d the ability to move faste fo ou custome s, while ou comme cial pa t e ship with IAR co ti ues, givi g custome s the same i teg ated path f om embedded desig th ough high-volume, secu e ma ufactu i g. Togethe with ou platfo m a d P og ammi g-as-a-Se vice st ategy, this will give Data I/O a complete, diffe e tiated secu ity p ovisio i g offe i g with a st o g egulato y tailwi d ahead of the EU Cybe Resilie ce Act.”
“We’ e pleased to see ou pa t e Data I/O acqui e IAR’s embedded softwa e secu ity assets,” said Ka i Sch eil, Se io Vice P eside t of BU IAR at Qt G oup. “IAR acqui ed the po tfolio i 2018 to b i g embedded softwa e secu ity i to ou offe i g, a d ma y of ou custome s depe d o this tech ology today. This t a sactio secu es the futu e of the tech ology a d co ti uity fo custome s, with a pa t e well positio ed to i vest i it a d g ow its i stalled base, while we co ti ue to focus a d i vest o what is co e to IAR a d Qt G oup. Custome s get co ti uity of the p oducts they ely o today, backed by a pa t e fully dedicated to thei lo g-te m oadmap.”
The compa ies’ Feb ua y 2026 collabo atio — th ough which IAR’s embedded softwa e secu ity solutio i teg ates with Data I/O’s PSV p og ammi g systems to u ify secu ity p ovisio i g f om desig th ough p oductio — co ti ues u cha ged by this t a sactio a d emai s a co e sto e of the joi t offe i g to OEMs wo ldwide.
Si ce 2025, IAR is pa t of Qt G oup (Nasdaq Helsi ki: QTCOM), a global softwa e compa y, t usted by i dust y leade s a d ove 1.5 millio develope s wo ldwide to c eate applicatio s a d sma t devices that use s love. IAR ope ates as a busi ess u it, st e gthe i g its ability to delive comp ehe sive solutio s fo embedded systems. To lea mo e, visit www.ia .com a d www.qt.io.
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Facto s that may impact the Compa y’s ope atio s a d fi a ces i clude u ce tai ties as to the ability to eco d eve ues based upo the timi g of p oduct delive ies, ma ket accepta ce of Edge AI, shippi g availability, i stallatio s a d accepta ce, acc ual of expe ses, co o avi us o othe busi ess i te uptio s, cha ges i eco omic co ditio s, pa t sho tages, busi ess dis uptio s a d othe isks i cludi g those desc ibed i the Compa y’s 10-K, 10-Q a d othe pe iodic fili gs with the Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio (SEC), p ess eleases a d othe commu icatio s.
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