Benchmarks

We have benchmarked a single CLC Genomics Machine against the most sold FPGA biocomputing solution.
Algorithm		Technology used by CLC	CLC Genomics Machine	Popular FPGA solution*

Smith-Waterman		SIMD	70.1 GCUPS	10.0 GCUPS
BLASTn		Standard	6,800.0 GCUPS	13,000.0 GCUPS
BLASTp		Standard	104.0 GCUPS	60.0 GCUPS
HMMsearch		SIMD	7.8 GCUPS	3.4 GCUPS
HMMpfam		SIMD	8.1 GCUPS	3.4 GCUPS
SIMD: Single Instruction Multiple Data GCUPS: Speed measured in billion Cell Updates Per Second *Most sold off-the-shelf FPGA enterprise solution, 1 FPGA Engine

Performance

7	*Human genome de novo* assembly** 7 hours, 1 computer, 42 GB RAM, 3600 million reads
63	Human genome read mapping, ungapped 63 minutes, 83 million Illumina read, 36basepairs, 1 fold coverage
2.5	Human genome read mapping, gapped 2.5 hours, 83 million Illumina reads, 36 basepairs, 1 fold coverage
72	Human genome read mapping, gapped 72 minutes, 12 million 454 reads, 250 basepairs, 1 fold coverage, Dr. Watson

Performance