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MathWorks Announces Release 2017b of the MATLAB and Simulink Product Families

Strengthens Deep Learning capabilities to simplify designing, training, and deploying models

NATICK, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 21, 2017MathWorks today introduced Release 2017b (R2017b), which includes new features in MATLAB and  Simulink, six new products, and updates and bug fixes to 86 other products. The release also adds new important deep learning capabilities that simplify how engineers, researchers, and other domain experts design, train, and deploy models.

Deep Learning Support

Specific deep learning features, products, and capabilities in R2017b include:

Together with capabilities introduced in R2017a, pretrained models can be used for transfer learning, including convolutional neural networks (CNN) models (AlexNet, VGG-16, and VGG-19), as well as models from Caffe (including Caffe Model Zoo). Models can be developed from scratch, including using CNNs for image classification, object detection, regression, and more.

“With the growth of smart devices and IOT, design teams face the challenge of creating more intelligent products and applications by either developing deep learning skills themselves, or relying on other teams with deep learning expertise who may not understand the application context,” said David Rich, MATLAB marketing director, MathWorks. “With R2017b, engineering and system integration teams can extend the use of MATLAB for deep learning to better maintain control of the entire design process and achieve higher-quality designs faster. They can use pretrained networks, collaborate on code and models, and deploy to GPUs and embedded devices. Using MATLAB can improve result quality while reducing model development time by automating ground truth labeling.”

Additional Updates

In addition to deep learning, R2017b also includes a series of updates in other key areas, including:

R2017b is available immediately worldwide. For more details on the complete list of updates, please visit the new release page.

About MathWorks

MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design for multidomain dynamic and embedded systems. Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on these product families to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in automotive, aerospace, electronics, financial services, biotech-pharmaceutical, and other industries. MATLAB and Simulink are also fundamental teaching and research tools in the world's universities and learning institutions. Founded in 1984, MathWorks employs more than 3500 people in 15 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. For additional information, visit mathworks.com.

* Internal benchmarks were performed for inference performance of AlexNet using a TitanXP GPU and Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz. Software versions used were MATLAB(R2017b), TensorFlow(1.2.0), and Caffe2(0.8.1). The GPU accelerated versions of each software were used for benchmarks. All tests were run on Windows 10.

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