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MATLAB Prerequisites & System Requirements

MATLAB Prerequisites

MATLAB is a high-level programming language, but it is a bit different from other programming languages in terms of building and running applications using MATLAB.

• So, before proceeding to work with MATLAB, it is recommended to be familiar with any other high-level or object-oriented programming languages, such as C or C++ or Java.

• It will be easy for you because you don’t have to worry about programming language elements, like variables, data type, loops, functions, methods, conditional statements, classes, objects.
• It is also recommended that learner should have a good knowledge of mathematical terms, like matrix, array, algebra, numbers, polynomial, differential equations.
• And third, you should have a passion for learning new things, and have decided to work with MATLAB.

MATLAB System Requirements

Not even MATLAB each computer software runs on an operating system. Operating system and other components play a crucial role in the smooth functioning of a computer system.

Here we provide a comprehensive table of required conditions to be fulfilled before downloading and installing the MATLAB.

Latest Release-R2019a-System Requirements

Windows -64 bit
Operating Systems	RAM	Disk space	Graphics	Processors
Windows 10 or Windows 7 Service Pack1 or Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2016	Minimum-4 GB Recommended-8GB	Minimum-2.9 GB of HDD only for MATLAB Recommended-SSD	No specific graphics card is required Recommended-Hardware accelerated graphics card supporting OpenGL 3.3 with 1GB GPU memory	Minimum-any intel or AMD x86-64 processor Recommended-processor with 4 logical cores and AVX2 instruction set support
Linux -64 bit
Operating Systems	RAM	Disk space	Graphics	Processors
Ubuntu 18.10 or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or Debian 9 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (min. 7.3) or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (min. 6.7) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (min. SP2) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (min. SP2) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15	Minimum-4 GB Recommended-8GB	Minimum-3.1 GB of HDD only for MATLAB Recommended-SSD	No specific graphics card is required Recommended-Hardware accelerated graphics card supporting OpenGL 3.3 with 1GB GPU memory	Minimum-any intel or AMD x86-64 processor Recommended-processor with 4 logical cores and AVX2 instruction set support
Mac -64 bit
Operating Systems	RAM	Disk space	Graphics	Processors
macOS Mojave (10.14) or macOS High Sierra (10.13) or macOS Sierra (10.12)	Minimum-4 GB Recommended-8GB	Minimum-3.3 GB of HDD only for MATLAB Recommended-SSD	No specific graphics card is required Recommended – Hardware accelerated graphics card supporting OpenGL 3.3 with 1GB GPU memory	Minimum-any intel or AMD x86-64 processor Recommended-processor with 4 logical cores and AVX2 instruction set support

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