Highlights of R2009b

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What's New in Release 2009b New Capabilities for the MATLAB Product Family New Capabilities for the Simulink Product Family R2009b Products with License-Related Changes Installation and Activation Summary of Changes to Each Product

What's New in Release 2009b

R2009b 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 license and user information. Since R2008a, the MATLAB and Simulink product families require activation.

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New Capabilities for the MATLAB Product Family

• 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 datasets from Web Map Service (WMS) servers in Mapping Toolbox™

• Global settings to simplify arithmetic with fixed-point variables in Fixed-Point Toolbox™

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New Capabilities for the Simulink Product Family

• 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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R2009b Products with License-Related Changes

Several products have license-related changes in R2009b.

For details, see R2009b Products with License-Related Changes.

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Installation and Activation

See Installation and Activation for information about changes to the folder name checking performed by the Macintosh^®, Linux^®, and Solaris™ installers.

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Summary of Changes to Each Product

See Release Summary for a summary of what has changed for each product for R2009b, including whether the product has new features, bug fixes, and compatibility issues.

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Release Notes for R2009b

Summary of New Features

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