MathWorks - MATLAB and Simulink: New Release 2009b |
Tuesday, 15 September 2009 |
The MathWorks today announced Release 2009b (R2009b) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families. R2009b includes features for faster performance and enhanced handling of large data sets, builds on component-based modeling features in Simulink, and updates 83 other products, including PolySpace code verification products.
What's New in Release 2009b
Release 2009b includes new features in MATLAB and Simulink, and updates
and bug fixes to 83 other products. R2009b adds support for the 64-bit
Mac platform. Subscribers to MathWorks Software Maintenance Service can
download product updates. R2009b also includes enhancements to the
License Center, the online tool for activating software and managing
your license and user information.
New capabilities for the MATLAB product family include:
* Redesigned Help browser, access to the MATLAB Central File Exchange directly from MATLAB, and other desktop enhancements
* Expanded multicore support for functions in MATLAB and Image
Processing Toolbox, and parallel support for functions in Statistics
Toolbox
* New interface in Parallel Computing Toolbox for accessing and manipulating distributed arrays on a cluster
* Support for processing arbitrarily large image files in Image Processing Toolbox
* Support for search and retrieval of geographic data sets from Web Map Service (WMS) servers in Mapping Toolbox
* Global settings to simplify arithmetic with fixed-point variables in Fixed-Point Toolbox
New capabilities for the Simulink product family include:
* Variable size signals and data in Simulink, Signal Processing
Blockset, and Embedded MATLAB code for simulation and code generation
* Model variants for managing design alternatives for Simulink and Real-Time Workshop
* Turnkey PID controller blocks in Simulink and automated tuning with Simulink Control Design
* Reduced data copies with Real-Time Workshop and customizable matrix operations for embedded signal processing code generation
* Model Advisor Configuration Editor to manage and deploy configurations
and custom checks in Simulink Verification and Validation
* New interactive compilation report for analyzing array sizes and other Embedded MATLAB code characteristics
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