Released September 4, 2009

What's New in Release 2009b

Release 2009b 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 your license and user information.

New capabilities for the MATLAB product family include:

• 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 data sets from Web Map Service (WMS) servers in Mapping Toolbox
• Global settings to simplify arithmetic with fixed-point variables in Fixed-Point Toolbox

New capabilities for the Simulink product family include:

• 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

MATLAB Product Family MATLAB Updates and bug fixes Release Notes by product linked below Indicates major update Aerospace Toolbox Bioinformatics Toolbox Communications Toolbox Control System Toolbox Curve Fitting Toolbox Data Acquisition Toolbox Database Toolbox Datafeed Toolbox Econometrics Toolbox Filter Design HDL Coder Filter Design Toolbox Financial Derivatives Toolbox Financial Toolbox Fixed-Income Toolbox Fixed-Point Toolbox Fuzzy Logic Toolbox Genetic Algorithm and Direct Search Toolbox Image Acquisition Toolbox Image Processing Toolbox Instrument Control Toolbox Mapping Toolbox MATLAB Builder EX MATLAB Builder JA MATLAB Builder NE MATLAB Compiler MATLAB Distributed Computing Server MATLAB Report Generator Model Predictive Control Toolbox Model-Based Calibration Toolbox Neural Network Toolbox OPC Toolbox Optimization Toolbox Parallel Computing Toolbox Partial Differential Equation Toolbox RF Toolbox Robust Control Toolbox Signal Processing Toolbox SimBiology Spline Toolbox Spreadsheet Link EX Statistics Toolbox Symbolic Math Toolbox System Identification Toolbox SystemTest Vehicle Network Toolbox Wavelet Toolbox		Simulink Product Family Simulink   Updates and bug fixes Release Notes by product linked below Indicates major update Aerospace Blockset Communications Blockset DO Qualification Kit* EDA Simulator Link Embedded IDE Link Gauges Blockset IEC Certification Kit* Real-Time Windows Target Real-Time Workshop Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder RF Blockset Signal Processing Blockset SimDriveline SimElectronics SimEvents SimHydraulics SimMechanics SimPowerSystems Simscape Simulink 3D Animation Simulink Control Design Simulink Design Optimization Simulink Design Verifier Simulink Fixed Point Simulink HDL Coder Simulink Report Generator Simulink Verification and Validation Stateflow Stateflow Coder Target Support Package Video and Image Processing Blockset xPC Target xPC Target Embedded Option
PolySpace Code Verification Products
PolySpace Client for Ada PolySpace Client for C/C++ PolySpace Model Link SL (for Simulink) PolySpace Model Link TL (for dSPACE TargetLink)		PolySpace Server for Ada PolySpace Server for C/C++ PolySpace UML Link RH (for Telelogic Rhapsody)

* Indicates product was introduced after R2009b and is available via the Web.

Products with License-Related Changes

Please refer to MathWorks Release 2009b Products with License-Related Changes for details.