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Chinese tackling human genome with NVIDIA GPUs

Chinese tackling human genome with NVIDIA GPUs Created by MG1 on Jan 09, 2012

Analyzing data of the human genome is no small task. However, with the help of graphic chips, what once took genome sequencing centers days to complete, can be done in six hours. To accomplish this, BGI, a lab headquartered in Shenzhen, China, have given their servers a facelift with Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) built by Nvidia. That’s right, the same hardware that outputs images onto personal computers around the world, could account for major advances in the medical field. »read more

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