The MathWorks公佈新版MATLAB及Simulink

The MathWorks宣佈推出MATLAB及Simulink產品家族更新版本──R2006a；新版本內容在MATLAB部份，主要是推出Windows x64位平臺的MATLAB、提供分佈式計算機運算的新功能，以及增加1個應用程序轉文件分享目標環境的新產品，包括.NET加載宏工具箱(MATLAB Builder for .NET)；在Simulink部份，則增添了Simulink模型檢視及分享、嵌入式軟件設計及實現等等新功能。

The MathWorks表示，R2006a亦是該公司實現加快產品更新速度的開始；未來該公司將把產品更新轉變爲一年兩次，即3月及9月，而每次的改版也將同步更新所有產品線、增加新的產品功能、修正現有產品bug並公佈新產品上市時間。此外配合1年2次的更新時程，該公司新版本將以當年的公元紀年以及次數來做爲命名方式，上半年爲a、下半年則是以b爲代號。

此外自2006a新版本開始，測試版本(prerelease)及新版本的取得方式也將有改變，The MathWorks表示該公司會於產品最後正式發佈的前幾個星期，主動通知現有維護期內之SMS (Software Maintenance Service)會員客戶，客戶將會被告知該如何取得測試版本之相關訊息。在測試版期間，客戶有機會可瞭解新版本的改變、進行測試並依此產品更新表做設計之規劃。而藉由測試版本之問題回報與改進，該公司亦可改善產品質量及有效性。

www.mathworks.com 上的whatsnew:

MATLAB^® 7.2

Latest Features

Version 7.2

Released: 01 Mar 2006
 

Version 7.2, part of Release 2006a, includes existing feature enhancements and the following new features:

Platform Support

• Support for Windows XP 64-bit edition, enabling Windows users to handle much larger data sets

Development Environment

• Integration of the M-Lint code analyzer with the MATLAB Editor, providing continuous code checking and recommendations for improving performance and maintainability
• New editing features in the MATLAB Editor, including the ability to perform tab completion with function names and to navigate back to previous points in an M-file

Programming

• New regular expression features, including evaluation of MATLAB expressions to perform dynamic matching or replacing of text

Mathematics

• New ddesd function, enabling you to solve initial value problems for delay differential equations with variable delays
• Upgraded optimized Basic Linear Algebra Subprogram (BLAS) libraries for Intel processors on Windows and Linux platforms (MKL 8.0.1) and AMD processors on Linux platforms (ACML 2.7)
• Improved performance of sparse Cholesky factorization and mldivide (/), etree, and symbfact functions with use of CHOLMOD 1.0 routines.

 

 

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R2006a, launched on March 1, 2006, includes updates to MATLAB and Simulink, plus one new product, major updates to 10 products, and minor updates and bug fixes to 64 products. This release reflects a change to a twice-yearly release schedule and a new naming convention.

R2006a introduces MATLAB for Windows x64 and provides new features for distributed computing, MATLAB application deployment to .NET, Simulink model viewing and sharing, and embedded software design and implementation.

MATLAB Product Family MATLAB 7.2 MATLAB Builder for .NET Converts your MATLAB algorithms into .NET or COM components via a graphical user interface Creates .NET assemblies that can be called from C#, VB.NET, or any other Common Language Specification-compliant technology Creates COM objects that can be called from Visual Basic, ASP, Microsoft Excel, or any other COM-compliant technology Supports conversion between native .NET and COM data types and the MATLAB array data types, using data conversion classes Enables unlimited free desktop and Web deployment of independent components Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Major Updates New features and Release Notes linked below. Control System Toolbox 7 Full support for descriptor state-space models with singular E matrix (PID, improper models, and linearized DAEs New commands for calculating time-domain performance metrics such as rise time, settling time, and overshoot Full support for LSIM and INITIAL simulations in the LTI Viewer Simplified, name-based scheme for connecting models with CONNECT, FEEDBACK, SERIES, PARALLEL, and LFT True state-space representation of MIMO transfer functions with I/O delays Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Financial Toolbox 3 Tools for examining the time-evolution of efficient portfolio allocations Support for computing maximum drawdown and expected maximum drawdown Tools for performing multivariate normal regression with or without missing data Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. MATLAB Report Generator 3 View menu commands that increase and decrease font size and display the message window Faster, more memory-efficient report generation Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Neural Network Toolbox 5 New dynamic learning algorithms, including time delay neural networks, nonlinear autoregressive (NARX) networks, layer-recurrent networks, and backpropagation support for arbitrarily connected custom dynamic networks New GUI for quickly getting started New and enhanced preprocessing and postprocessing functions Support for handling data with missing values New application demos Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Minor updates and bug fixes Release Notes by product linked below. Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.2.1 Communications Toolbox 3.3 Curve Fitting Toolbox 1.1.5 Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.8.1 Database Toolbox 3.1.1 Datafeed Toolbox 1.8 Distributed Computing Toolbox 2.0.1 Excel Link 2.3.1 Extended Symbolic Math Toolbox 3.1.4 Filter Design HDL Coder 1.4 Filter Design Toolbox 3.4 Financial Derivatives Toolbox 4.0.1 Fixed-Income Toolbox 1.1.2 Fixed-Point Toolbox 1.4 Fuzzy Logic Toolbox 2.2.3 GARCH Toolbox 2.2 Genetic Algorithm and Direct Search Toolbox 2.0.1 Image Acquisition Toolbox 1.10 Image Processing Toolbox 5.2 Instrument Control Toolbox 2.4 Link for Code Composer Studio 1.5 Mapping Toolbox 2.3 MATLAB Builder for Excel 1.2.6 MATLAB Compiler 4.4 MATLAB Distributed Computing Engine 2.0.1 Model-Based Calibration Toolbox 3.0.1 Model Predictive Control Toolbox 2.2.2 OPC Toolbox 2.0.2 Optimization Toolbox 3.0.4 Partial Differential Equation Toolbox 1.0.8 RF Toolbox 1.3 Robust Control Toolbox 3.1 Signal Processing Toolbox 6.5 SimBiology 1.0.1 Spline Toolbox 3.3 Statistics Toolbox 5.2 Symbolic Math Toolbox 3.1.4 System Identification Toolbox 6.1.3 Wavelet Toolbox 3.0.4		Simulink Product Family Simulink 6.4 SimHydraulics* Modeling environment for building hydraulic and hydromechanical systems as physical networks More than 75 hydraulic and mechanical components, including pumps, valves, accumulators, and pipelines Foundation library of hydraulic building blocks and fundamental mechanical and mathematical elements Customizable library of common hydraulic fluids Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Major Updates New features and Release Notes linked below. Embedded Target for TI C2000 DSP 2 Asynchronous interrupt scheduling support for C280x and C281x New C280x Chip Support Library including the following blocks:C280x Hardware Interrupt, Idle Task, C280x ADC, C280x ePWM, C280x eQEP, C280x eCAN Receive, C280x eCAN Transmit, and From Memory Expanded support for C2000 targets, including Spectrum Digital F2808 eZdspDSP board and custom boards based on the C280x and C281x processor families Flash memory programming support Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Embedded Target for TI C6000 DSP 3 Asynchronous scheduler support added to most blocks Many new blocks and block libraries Support for additional processors in the C6000 family Compatibility with Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio 3.1 New and updated demos Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Link for ModelSim 2 Native Verilog support Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Simulink Control Design 2 Design compensators directly in a Simulink model Tune multiloop compensators in a single environment, giving you immediate insight into the effects of coupling between feedback loops Tune blocks using block parameters (such as PID gains) or zero-pole-gain representations Tune compensators in a control system using all the graphical and automated design tools in the Control System Toolbox and Simulink Response Optimization (both available separately) Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Simulink Report Generator 3 You can now export Simulink models that include Simulink blocks, blocks from add-on blocksets, Stateflow diagrams, and user-defined blocks as Web views. You can use Web views to view model structure and navigate hierarchy, all without having MathWorks products installed. New component capabilities let you generate model loop component reports on libraries and include Model Advisor results in your generated reports. User interface and performance enhancements let you view menu commands for increasing and reducing font size and for displaying the message window, and provide faster, more memory-efficient report generation. Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Simulink Response Optimization 3 Perform response optimization within the SISO Design Tool Add frequency-domain design requirements to SISO Design Tool plots Add time-domain design requirements to LTI Viewer plots (when launched from the SISO Design Tool) Use response optimization to design compensators for control systems by: Tuning parameters within compensator blocks Tuning open- and closed-loop systems Visit the product Release Notes or the product page for additional information. Minor updates and bug fixes Release Notes by product linked below. Aerospace Blockset 2.1 Communications Blockset 3.3 Embedded Target for Infineon C166 Microcontrollers 1.2.2 Embedded Target for Motorola HC12 1.1.4 Embedded Target for Motorola MPC555 2.0.4 Embedded Target for OSEK/VDX 1.1.4 Gauges Blockset 2.0.3 Real-Time Workshop 6.4 Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder 4.4 RF Blockset 1.3 Signal Processing Blockset 6.3 SimDriveline 1.2 SimEvents 1.1 SimMechanics 2.4 SimPowerSystems 4.2 Simulink Accelerator 6.4 Simulink Fixed Point 5.2 Simulink Parameter Estimation 1.1.3 Simulink Verification and Validation 1.1.2 Stateflow 6.4 Stateflow Coder 6.4 Video and Image Processing Blockset 2.1 Virtual Reality Toolbox 4.3 xPC Target 2.9 xPC Target Embedded Option 2.9