MathWorks announces Release 2011a of MATLAB and Simulink product families

BANGALORE, INDIA: MathWorks announced Release 2011a (R2011a) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families.

Key in this release is the introduction of a new generation of code generation products, MATLAB Coder, Simulink Coder, and Embedded Coder. R2011a also updates 80 other products, including Polyspace embedded software verification products.

For MATLAB, R2011a highlights include:
• Improved performance for many linear algebra functions in MATLAB.
• Large-scale interior-point solver for quadratic programming in Optimization Toolbox.
• Utilization of up to 8 local workers by MATLAB Compiler generated applications and components using Parallel Computing Toolbox.
• Object-oriented portfolio optimization solver with turnover and transaction costs in Financial Toolbox.
• Engle-Granger and Johansen cointegration tests and VEC parameter estimation in Econometrics Toolbox.

R2011a also launches new System toolboxes for MATLAB and Simulink:
• DSP System Toolbox, which combines features of Signal Processing Blockset and Filter Design Toolbox.
• Communications System Toolbox, which combines features of Communications Toolbox and Communications Blockset.
• Computer Vision System Toolbox, which incorporates the functionality of Video and Image Processing Blockset and adds new computer vision algorithms.
• Phased Array System Toolbox, which provides algorithms and tools for designing, simulating, and analyzing phased array signal processing systems.

R2011a highlights for Simulink include:
• Signal Logging Selector to compare simulation results across models and runs in. Simulink
• Merge capability for Simulink models from the XML text comparison in Simulink Report Generator.
• FPGA-in-the loop, customizable I/O, and board support for Xilinx devices in Simulink HDL Coder, EDA Simulator Link, and xPC Target.
• Custom component authoring using the Simscape language in SimDriveline.
• Automatic detection of overflow and divide-by-zero design errors using Polyspace technology in Simulink Design Verifier.

R2011a, the eleventh consecutive six-month release from MathWorks, is available immediately and is being provided to users worldwide with current subscriptions to MathWorks Software Maintenance Service for immediate installation.