Release history
Release history Version Release name Number Bundled JVM Year Release date Notes MATLAB 1.0 1984 MATLAB 2 1986 MATLAB 3 1987 MATLAB 3.5 1990 Ran on DOS but needed at least a 386 processor; version 3.5m needed math coprocessor MATLAB 4 1992 Ran on Macintosh MATLAB 4.2c 1994 Ran on Windows 3.1x, needed a math coprocessor MATLAB 5.0 Volume 8 1996 December, 1996 Unified releases across all platforms MATLAB 5.1 Volume 9 1997 May, 1997 MATLAB 5.1.1 R9.1 MATLAB 5.2 R10 1998 March, 1998 Last version working on classic Mac's MATLAB 5.2.1 R10.1 MATLAB 5.3 R11 1999 January, 1999 MATLAB 5.3.1 R11.1 November, 1999 MATLAB 6.0 R12 12 1.1.8 2000 November, 2000 First release with bundled Java virtual machine (JVM) MATLAB 6.1 R12.1 1.3.0 2001 June, 2001 MATLAB 6.5 R13 13 1.3.1 2002 July, 2002 MATLAB 6.5.1 R13SP1 2003 MATLAB 6.5.2 R13SP2 Last release for IBM/AIX, Alpha/TRU64, and SGI/IRIX MATLAB 7 R14 14 1.4.2 2004 June, 2004 Introduced ano...