SWPS3 – fast multi-threaded vectorized Smith-Waterman for IBM Cell/B.E. and ×86/SSE2

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We present swps3, a vectorized implementation of the Smith-Waterman local alignment algorithm optimized for both the Cell/BE and ×86 architectures. The paper describes swps3 and compares its performances with several other implementa...

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Main Authors: Krähenbühl Philipp, Ledergerber Christian, Szalkowski Adam, Dessimoz Christophe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/1/107

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