1995 IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Array Processors (ASAP'95)
Parallel Sequence Comparison and Alignment
Strasbourg, France
July 24-July 26
ISBN: 0-8186-7109-2
Sequence comparison, a vital research tool in computational biology, is based on a simple O(n**2) algorithm that easily maps to a linear array of processors. This paper reviews and compares high-performance sequence analysis on general-purpose supercomputers and single-purpose, reconfigurable, and programmable co-processors. The difficulty of comparing hardware from published performance figures is also noted.
Index Terms:
Sequence comparison, alignment, special-purpose systolic arrays, parallel architecture, performance analysis
Citation:
Richard Hughey, "Parallel Sequence Comparison and Alignment," asap, pp.137, 1995 IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Array Processors (ASAP'95), 1995