TurboGenomics releases TurboBLAST parallel software for Genomics and ProteomicsNew Haven 23 April 2001 TurboGenomics announced the release of the latest version of TurboBLAST. TurboBLAST is an accelerated, parallel implementation of BLAST, a sequence comparison tool that provides critical insight into the structure and function of genes and proteins. As submissions to sequence databases increase exponentially with the completion of large-scale sequencing projects around the world, the demand for BLAST processing has outstripped the IT resources of genomics and proteomics labs.
TurboBLAST delivers massive acceleration of BLAST by partitioning BLAST
computations into manageable tasks and distributing them across a network of
workstations, PCs, or Macs. Initial benchmarks of TurboBLAST on a network of 11
commodity PCs running Linux reduced a month-long BLAST run to just two days.
Greater speed-up of BLAST is achieved simply by adding more machines to the
TurboBLAST system.
Using TurboBLAST, life sciences researchers can:
transform existing heterogeneous collections of hardware into a
high-performance BLAST supercomputer at a fraction of the cost of a
traditional supercomputer.
They can execute complex BLAST queries that would otherwise be possible only at
advanced supercomputer centres
Based on Java technology, TurboBLAST runs on all types of computers, from
commodity PCs and Macintosh computers to UNIX workstations and high-performance
parallel supercomputers. Versions are available for most operating systems,
including the most popular releases of Linux, Unix, Mac OS, and Windows.
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