SAN FRANCISCO--BGI, the world’s largest genomics institute announced on Wednesday (April 25) it would launch a new cloud-based service for researchers to do next-generation sequencing (NGS) bioinformatics analysis cheaply within the cloud.
The new cloud-based DNA sequencing service, dubbed “EasyGenomics,” uses a hybrid computing system featuring both CPUs and Nvidia GPUs for added acceleration, which the firm claims can cut the analysis of DNA big data from days to hours compared with CPU-only based systems.
Nvidia said its Tesla M2070 and M2075 GPUs were used in the system, in conjunction with system CPUs, though it’s unclear which CPUs BGI is using.
It’s hoped the platform will be used by biologists, bioinformaticists and, ultimately, physicians to develop better medicines, improve healthcare and develop genetically enhanced food, amongst other things.
