Parallel Computing Toolbox 4.0

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Version 4.0

Released: 09 Oct 2008
 

Version 4.0, part of Release 2008b, includes the following enhancements:

• Ability to convert Parallel Computing Toolbox applications, using MATLAB Compiler, into executables and shared libraries that can access MATLAB Distributed Computing Server
• Enhanced interleaving of serial and parallel programming with single-program, multiple-data (SPMD) language construct
• Composite arrays to provide direct access from the client (desktop) program to data stored on workers in the MATLAB pool
• Enhanced Configurations Manager, providing capability for validating configurations
• Automatic rerun of tasks that fail for certain system failures
• Ability to cancel and destroy jobs running through the generic interface to third-party schedulers

See the Release Notes for details.

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Version 3.3

Released: 01 Mar 2008
 

Version 3.3, part of Release 2008a, includes the following enhancements:

• MATLAB pool jobs allow noninteractive use of parfor-loops
• New batch command provides a simple way to run your MATLAB scripts on computers in a cluster or in the background on your desktop if you have a multi-core computer
• New Administration GUI helps test your cluster and diagnose possible failures when using the job manager scheduler
• Full support for Altair Grid Technologies, L.L.C. PBS Pro and TORQUE schedulers
• Significant increase in the size limit on files and data that can be passed between clients and workers

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 3.2

Released: 01 Sep 2007
 

Version 3.2, part of Release 2007b, includes the following enhancements:

• Interleaving of parallel and serial code with parfor in Distributed Computing Toolbox
• New graphical user interface for creating and modifying user configurations and designating the default configuration of most toolbox functions
• New parallel profiler graphical user interface for generating reports on lab computation and communication times

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 3.1

Released: 01 Mar 2007
 

Version 3.1, part of Release 2007a, includes the following enhancements: 

• Ability to automatically run four workers on the client machine licensed by Distributed Computing Toolbox
• New interface for pmode that provides a Parallel Command Window separate from the MATLAB client Command Window
• Vectorized creation of multiple tasks for a job with one command
• Expanded MATLAB functions that work on distributed arrays: find, cat, horzcat, vertcat, and subsindex
• Enhanced object display format
• Additional interface scripts for third-party schedulers that do not require a shared file system between client and scheduler

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 3.0

Released: 01 Sep 2006
 

Version 3.0, part of Release 2006b, includes the following enhancements:

• Support for MPI (parallel jobs) with third-party scheduler or MathWorks job manager
• Enhanced error detection for MPI (parallel jobs)
• Support for Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS)
• Support for Win64
• Interactive Parallel Mode (pmode)
• New distributed array structure to support parallel algorithms

See the Release Notes for details.