Title :
Hardware implementation of generalized profile search on the GENSTORM machine
Author :
Mosanya, Emeka ; Puiatti, Jean-Michel ; Sanchez, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Logic Syst. Lab., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We describe the hardware implementation of the ProfileScan algorithm, a very sensitive method to discover distant biomolecular sequence relationships. This is part of the GENSTORM project, aimed at providing a dedicated computer for biological sequence processing based on FPGAs
Keywords :
biology computing; computer architecture; field programmable gate arrays; search problems; FPGAs; GENSTORM machine; GENSTORM project; ProfileScan algorithm; biological sequence processing; dedicated computer; distant biomolecular sequence relationships; generalized profile search; hardware implementation; Bioinformatics; Biology computing; Computer architecture; Field programmable gate arrays; Genomics; Hardware; Laboratories; Processor scheduling; Read-write memory; Sequences;
Conference_Titel :
FPGAs for Custom Computing Machines, 1998. Proceedings. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Napa Valley, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8900-5
DOI :
10.1109/FPGA.1998.707921
