Using Parallel For Loops (parfor) with MATLAB® and Jacket

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MATLAB® parallel for loops (parfor) allow the body of a for loop to be executed across multiple workers simultaneously, but with some pretty large restrictions.  With Jacket MGL, Jacket can be used within parfor loops, with the same restrictions.  However, it is important to note that Jacket MGL does not currently support co-distributed arrays. Problem Size Problem size might be the single most important consideration in parallelization using the Parallel Computing Toolbox (PCT) and Jacket MGL.  When data is used by a worker in the MATLAB pool it must be copied from MATLAB to the worker, and must be copied back when the computation is complete.  Additionally, when GPU data is used, it must then be copied by the worker …