Arpad, The only reason why MATLAB could be faster than C in some instances could be related to the inefficiency of the C-code of the same algorithm. MATLAB itself is written with C. It is silly to claim that a subsystem could beat the master. Regards, Ihsan On 5/9/07, Muranyi, Arpad <arpad.muranyi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since Matlab has a pretty powerful programming > capability, you can do anything you want with > it. You can write your own simulator, waveform > analysis tool, PCB auto router, stock market > tools, bird migration pattern analysis tools, > you name it... It only depends on how much > time an effort you want to put into coding it > all up. > > Just don't forget that it is an interpreted > language, therefore you will not get as good > of a performance as with other, non-interpreted > languages, and there are some limitations in the > language (such as there are no multi-threading > capabilities in it yet). On the other hand, > their matrix notation syntax allows you to write > things very efficiently and intuitively, and I > heard claims that vector and matrix processing > can be faster than FOR loops in C. "It will be > left to the student to prove this..." :-) > > Arpad > ------------------------------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = > On Behalf Of Leo Hu > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:41 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] MATLAB for SI > > Dear All, > MATLAB is a famous and popular software, and I want to know how we can = > employ it in SI field. I mean what its function is when we regard it as = > our one of SI analysis tool. > > Shedding light on this issue is highly appreciated. > > Thanks and Best Regards! > > Leo Hu (Hujin) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: =20 > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > =20 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu