The MathWorks Introduces Release 12 Product Family.Business/Technology Editors NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000 New MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) A programming language for technical computing from The MathWorks, Natick, MA (www.mathworks.com). Used for a wide variety of scientific and engineering calculations, especially for automatic control and signal processing, MATLAB runs on Windows, Mac and (R)6 and Simulink(R)4 Tools Deliver Worldwide Standard for Technical Computing and Design of Controls, DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive , and Communications Systems The MathWorks, Inc., the leading supplier of technical computing software for engineers and scientists, today announced the availability of Release 12 to its product family. Release 12 includes MATLAB(R) 6 and Simulink(R) 4, major new versions of The MathWorks flagship products, and upgrades of 60 application-specific companion products. Release 12 introduces the MATLAB desktop, which provides a new visual interface for MATLAB. Release 12 is the result of more than 250 years of design and development for the MATLAB language, control design applications, and DSP and communications design features. "Not only is this our largest release with several new and updated products, but Release 12 is a direct response to our customers' active participation in our product development through their extensive feedback," said Jack Little, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of The MathWorks. "Across the spectrum of engineering and scientific disciplines, The MathWorks Release 12 can bring users to the next level in productivity." A development group within The MathWorks, focusing exclusively on usability design of The MathWorks products, conducted research with hundreds of customers to understand how they approach complex technical computing tasks. As a result, Release 12 fits the work patterns of technical professionals, significantly lowering the learning curve for those engineers and scientists who are new to the Company's product line. "We wanted to guarantee that our users would find the new release both intuitive and powerful," said Mary Beth Rettger, president of the Usability Professionals Association and manager of the usability group at The MathWorks. New features in MATLAB 6 improve users' work across all applications. Most significant is the new visual interface; it provides direct, intuitive access to the power of MATLAB. Users gain fast state-of-the-art math functions with LAPACK-based matrix computations and enhanced FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) A class of algorithms used in digital signal processing that break down complex signals into elementary components. FFT - Fast Fourier Transform implementations for signal and image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished . Release 12 includes new test and measurement tools to communicate with external hardware and instruments. Serial port interface is provided from MATLAB, plus, the new Instrument Control Toolbox lets users communicate with instruments through standard GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) An IEEE 488 standard parallel interface used for attaching sensors and programmable instruments to a computer. Using a 24-pin connector, up to 15 devices can be daisy chained together. HP's version is the HPIB. and VISA protocols. MATLAB 6 can now incorporate JavaTM script and read data easily from various file formats. The MathWorks updated application-specific toolboxes, including: Neural Network neural network or neural computing, computer architecture modeled upon the human brain's interconnected system of neurons. Neural networks imitate the brain's ability to sort out patterns and learn from trial and error, discerning and extracting Toolbox 4, Statistics Toolbox 3, Data Acquisition Toolbox 2, MATLAB Compiler Suite 2.1, and MATLAB Web Server. The Simulink(R) 4 product family, including Real-Time Workshop(R) 4, builds upon MATLAB 6 and adds a host of features. Among them are frame-based simulation support, faster loading of libraries, a new configurable subsystem block, and efficiencies in speed and memory usage. These features support large-scale modeling for controls, DSP, and communications system design. Simulink Performance Tools, a new product, provides advanced capabilities for model-based design including tools to model performance, graphically compare two Simulink models, and analyze the test coverage of model simulations. For embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , the new Real-Time Workshop(R) Embedded Coder produces optimized code for embedded control applications, with reduced code size and more efficient memory utilization. Substantial updates are found in Simulink 4, Stateflow(R) 4, Stateflow Coder 4, Real-Time Workshop 4, Control System Toolbox 5, and System Identification Toolbox 5. Also included in Release 12 are the Filter Design Toolbox and major updates to the Communications Blockset; the DSP Blockset; and the Communications, Signal Processing See DSP. , and Wavelet (mathematics) wavelet - A waveform that is bounded in both frequency and duration. Wavelet tranforms provide an alternative to more traditional Fourier transforms used for analysing waveforms, e.g. sound. Toolboxes. In addition, Release 12 will provide DSP hardware links announced by The MathWorks this year, which include the Xilinx(R) System Generator for Xilinx FPGAs (created and sold by Xilinx(R), Inc.) and the Motorola DSP Developer's Kit. Pricing and Availability Release 12 from The MathWorks is currently shipping for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95, 98, NT, and 2000 operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Linux. Information about pricing can be found on The MathWorks Web site at www.mathworks.com. Quantity and education discounts are available. About The MathWorks The MathWorks develops technical computing software for engineers and scientists in industry and education. An extensive family of products, based on MATLAB and Simulink, provides high-productivity tools for solving challenging mathematical, computational, controls, and DSP and communications problems. The MathWorks products serve those in education and the following industries: automotive, aerospace, telecommunications and datacommunications, government, process industries, electronics, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, finance and economics, earth and planetary sciences, and instrumentation. Employing more than 700 people worldwide, The MathWorks was founded in 1984. Visit www.mathworks.com for more information. MATLAB, Simulink, Real-Time Workshop, and Stateflow are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. Xilinx is a registered trademark of Xilinx, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. 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