I know of 2 options to load the MAT-files faster, both of which will require the Parallel Computing Toolbox.
One approach is to utilize the parfor loop to load MAT files in parallel on separate workers:
parfor i = 1:numFiles
cases{i} = load(files(i).name);
end
Another approach is to use the parfeval function to create futures and wait for them asynchronously:
for k = 1:numFiles
futures(k) = parfeval(@load, 1, files(k).name);
end
for k = 1:numFiles
[idx, loadedData] = fetchNext(futures);
cases{idx} = loadedData;
end
Hope this helps load MAT-files faster.
