System requirements and platform availability

To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer. Thus, MATLAB requires specific hardware to be installed and working properly on our computer. Fortunately, we can start from the assumption that MATLAB is available for all popular software platforms in both professional and student editions. In fact, it is available for the Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. But we can rest assured that what MATLAB requires is widely supported by new computers.

So the hardware requirements for Windows are:

• Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.
• Processors: Any Intel or AMD x86-64 processor; AVX2 instruction set support is recommended; with Polyspace, 4-core is recommended.
• Disk Space: 2 GB for MATLAB only, 4–6 GB for a typical installation.
• RAM: 2 GB; with Simulink, 4 GB is required; with Polyspace, 4 GB per core is recommended.
• Graphics: No specific graphics card is required. A hardware-accelerated graphics card supporting OpenGL 3.3 with 1 GB GPU memory is recommended.

In the following screenshot, the hardware requirements for Windows are listed: