Core 1.0.6 for Curie boards (only Arduino/Genuino 101 ATM) has just been released!
You can update your existing core via Board Manager
The official changelog is impressive and the tools have been improved too.
For example, the toolchain is now completely targeted to Curie devices (and the specific Intel extensions to ARC core), bringing optimizations and SPEEEEEEED to all your sketches for free
SPI library has been expanded to support the second SPI port routed to the on-board 2MB flash chip, so you can start using it for storage of flash-intensive sketches
From now on, please make sure you are using the latest version before reporting any bug
I've tried several times to upgrade v1.0.6 for arduino 101 and it keeps failing with crc doesn't match error, file is damaged. I've even gone so far as to reinstall the entire IDE to 1.6.9 no difference. Any ideas?
It look like Intel's servers are really unreliable at the moment, I'll ping them to get some feedback.
If you get a crc error (it means that the file has non downloaded properly) please navigate to your Arduino15 folder (on Win: C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Arduino15\staging, osx: /Users/yourusername/Library/Arduino15/staging, Linux: ~/.arduino15/staging ) and delete the half-downloaded file, then redownload it from Board Manager
The Intel download site is down most of the time- I constantly get errors from the Board Manager after multiple retries.
This is not acceptable- how does Intel expect the developer community to use their product if the tools are not available ??
They should be working to fix their site instead of spending time on more ads and fancy websites !
I'm in exactly the same situation. 1.0.5 installs fine - but I've never managed to get 1.0.6 installed, despite many many re-tries, re-installs, etc. with Board Manager.
I am still getting "cannot open DFU device 8087: 0aba" on my laptop with windows 10, which only has usb 2.0 ports. Works on my dekstop with windows 7, usb 2.0 ports.
This is really disappointing since this problem has been unsolved for months. I am using arduino 1.6.9 and 1.0.6