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ScalaBLAST 2.0: Rapid and robust BLAST calculations on multiprocessor systems

Journal Article · · Bioinformatics, 29(6):797-8
BLAST remains one of the most widely used tools in computational biology. The rate at which new sequence data is available continues to grow exponentially, driving the emergence of new fields of biological research. At the same time multicore systems and conventional clusters are more accessible. ScalaBLAST has been designed to run on conventional multiprocessor systems with an eye to extreme parallelism, enabling parallel BLAST calculations using over 16,000 processing cores with a portable, robust, fault-resilient design. ScalaBLAST 2.0 source code can be freely downloaded from http://omics.pnl.gov/software/ScalaBLAST.php.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1072883
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-87629; 9603
Journal Information:
Bioinformatics, 29(6):797-8, Journal Name: Bioinformatics, 29(6):797-8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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