FPGA and Rapid Prototyping Technology Use in a Special Purpose Computer for Molecular Genetics
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It has long been known that for certain narrowly defined problems, special-purpose processors can achieve significant cost/performance gains over general purpose machines. We describe one such processor here: a custom accelerator for gene sequence analysis,. The use of rapid prototyping technology was crucial in our efforts to produce a working system in a short amount of time. Field programmable gate arrays and inhouse PCB prototyping were of special importance. We discuss how these technologies were used in our system, and offer price-performance comparisons of our processor with other machines. The processor is completely functional, and yields a 15x performance improvement over an unassisted host.
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