How can I run two code blocks in parallel?

I have a few lines of code that I need to run at 200hz (publishing data). I have other code that currently only runs at <100hz, and I doubt I can optimise it far enough to run at 200hz. The data published in the first block of code is generated by the second, but so long as it is publishing at 200hz it won't matter if it is only actually sending new data on every second publish.

I tried parfor, but this doesn't seem like the right solution - as far as I can gather, it runs iterations of the same parfor loop in parallel, whereas I want to run two different blocks of code in parallel (publishing and calculating).

I have access to all toolboxes (academic licence).

Appreciate any help :)

[Brendan]

Thanks for the responses, spmd looks like what I'll need. I'll implement it tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

Answer 1

[Ken Atwell]

Would batch work for you?

Answer 2

[Edric Ellis]

An alternative to BATCH might be SPMD. You could do something like this:

spmd(2)
  if labindex == 1
    % do first thing
  else
    % do the other thing
  end
end

Inside an SPMD block you can also use the labSend family of functions to exchange data if necessary.