Release 2011a includes new features in MATLAB and Simulink, two new products, and updates and bug fixes to 81 other products. MATLAB Product Family Highlights * Improved performance for many linear algebra functions in MATLAB * Large-scale interior-point solver for quadratic programming in Optimization Toolbox * Object-oriented portfolio optimization solver with turnover and transaction costs in Financial Toolbox * Engle-Granger and Johansen cointegration tests and VEC parameter estimation in Econometrics Toolbox * Utilization of up to 8 local workers by MATLAB Compiler generated executables and components using Parallel Computing Toolbox New System Toolboxes for Design in MATLAB and Simulink * DSP System Toolbox, a new product that combines features of Signal Processing Blockset and Filter Design Toolbox * Communications System Toolbox, a new product that combines features of Communications Toolbox and Communications Blockset * Computer Vision System Toolbox, a new product that incorporates the functionality of Video and Image Processing Blockset and adds new computer vision algorithms * Phased Array System Toolbox, a new product for designing, simulating, and analyzing phased array signal processing systems New Code Generation Products * MATLAB Coder, a new product for generating portable C/C++ code directly from MATLAB * Simulink Coder, a new product that combines the functionality of Real-Time Workshop and Stateflow Coder * Embedded Coder, a new product that combines the functionality of Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder, Embedded IDE Link, and Target Support Package Simulink Product Family Highlights * Signal Logging Selector to compare simulation results across models and runs in Simulink * Merge capability for Simulink models from the XML text comparison in Simulink Report Generator * FPGA-in-the-Loop, customizable I/O, and board support for Xilinx devices in Simulink HDL Coder, EDA Simulator Link, and xPC Target * Custom component authoring using the Simscape language in SimDriveline * Automatic detection of overflow and divide-by-zero design errors using Polyspace technology in Simulink Design Verifier R2011a contains two new products. * MATLAB Coder - Generate C and C++ code from MATLAB code * Phased Array System Toolbox -Design and simu