Why is MATLAB crashing on medium-to-large matrices?

To keep this really short, the following code crashes MATLAB on my machine:

X = ones(100, 100);
A = X*X;

One could argue that, perhaps, MATLAB should not handle something like ones(1000000,1000000) that well; I think it should, but perhaps some reasonable size limit is acceptable. But the above is trivial; I can't imagine why it's crashing. Other similar examples result in a crash. Multiplication is what's causing the problem (e.g. addition is fine). It's related to size -- a 5x5 matrix works with no problems. And the instantiation of the matrix is also fine; I can even construct much larger matrices with no issues.

My MATLAB is version 2015b. I'm happy to supply whatever other information is relevant.

[Walter Roberson]

Are you using Windows 32 or Windows 64? How much RAM do you have? When you say it crashes MATLAB, do you mean that it creates the crash dialog?

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

What type of processor are you using? If you're using an AMD Jaguar processor, see if the information in Bug Report 1043644 is applicable.

[Richard Rast]

I don't believe my processor was advertised as a Jaguar, but it is AMD. I have upgraded to 2016a, so whatever the problem turned out to be, this fixed it.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Look into memmapfile().

Answer 3

[Chris Turnes]

Does it create a crash log? If so, what's in the log? You can find it using the directions located here:

How do I locate the crash dump files generated by MATLAB?