Paul Boughton
The Mathworks is launching Release 2009a (R2009a) of its Matlab and Simulink product families. R2009a includes extended support for multicore and multiprocessor systems, two new products, new features in Matlab and Simulink, and enhancements to Polyspace and more than 90 other Mathworks products.
New multicore/multiprocessor capabilities in R2009a include multithreaded implementations of FFT (fast Fourier transform) and other core functions in Matlab, plus multicore-accelerated Simulink code generation. In addition, to take advantage of today's most advanced systems, the Parallel Computing Toolbox now enables users to distribute computations on up to eight Matlab sessions on a user's desktop.
Two new products in R2009a are the Vehicle Network Toolbox, which enables a direct connection between Matlab and Can bus networks for analysis and testing, and Simulink Design Optimisation, which enables Simulink users to estimate and tune model parameters using numeric optimisation.
Polyspace products now support accelerated code verification on multicore computers. The products also include comprehensive support for JSF C++ (JSF++) standards checking and improved ease of use with Eclipse integration.
Other highlights of R2009a include:
* A Curve Fitting Toolbox that supports surface fitting, including a new graphical user interface.
* A Real-Time Workshop and Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder that enables users to tailor the generated code by specifying high-level objectives such as efficiency or traceability.
*A Symbolic Math Toolbox for automatic generation of Simulink blocks from symbolic mathematical expressions, for equation-based first-principles modelling
* Simbiology, which supports pharmacokinetic modelling, plus state-of-the-art nonlinear mixed-effects models for parameter estimation.
R2009a is available immediately and is being shipped to customers with current subscriptions to The Mathworks Software Maintenance Service.
For more information, visit www.mathworks.com/R2009a
New multicore/multiprocessor capabilities in R2009a include multithreaded implementations of FFT (fast Fourier transform) and other core functions in Matlab, plus multicore-accelerated Simulink code generation. In addition, to take advantage of today's most advanced systems, the Parallel Computing Toolbox now enables users to distribute computations on up to eight Matlab sessions on a user's desktop.
Two new products in R2009a are the Vehicle Network Toolbox, which enables a direct connection between Matlab and Can bus networks for analysis and testing, and Simulink Design Optimisation, which enables Simulink users to estimate and tune model parameters using numeric optimisation.
Polyspace products now support accelerated code verification on multicore computers. The products also include comprehensive support for JSF C++ (JSF++) standards checking and improved ease of use with Eclipse integration.
Other highlights of R2009a include:
* A Curve Fitting Toolbox that supports surface fitting, including a new graphical user interface.
* A Real-Time Workshop and Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder that enables users to tailor the generated code by specifying high-level objectives such as efficiency or traceability.
*A Symbolic Math Toolbox for automatic generation of Simulink blocks from symbolic mathematical expressions, for equation-based first-principles modelling
* Simbiology, which supports pharmacokinetic modelling, plus state-of-the-art nonlinear mixed-effects models for parameter estimation.
R2009a is available immediately and is being shipped to customers with current subscriptions to The Mathworks Software Maintenance Service.
For more information, visit www.mathworks.com/R2009a
