The information did not come from a competitor.
DSP,
atmelroma.it seems to just redirect to Atmel.com. I will ask my FAE about it. This lack of information online is pretty worrisome though. Seems like a nice chip - but I would prefer to stick with IAR, which doesn't seem to be a possibility.
According to Atmel there is:
What I've heard is higher clock speed, faster ADCs, DACs, interrupt priority levels, and most importantly to me, DMA. Are you saying you don't know anything about them, or can't say anything about them?
Thanks,
-Michael