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Parallel Computing in Bioinformatics using the GPU

Hi all,

I would like to establish parallel computing by using the GPU of my M2000 Nvidia graphics card. I was wondering if this works for all software, in my case bioinformatics software like PASTA (Python platform), or is it limited to certain programming platforms or particular software/libraries provided by the parallel computing API such as CUDA?

Thanks

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updated by Ram Ram • written by pm814 • pm814

you need to use software that is specifically designed to utilize CUDA, etc.

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written by steve steve

If you do go down the route of GPU programming, I'd suggest you take a look at Buhler & Cole's MERCATOR. Its purpose is to simplify CUDA programming by generating most of the dirty code for you. It is quite recent so I haven't used it myself yet but I expect I will have to very soon.

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written by novice novice

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You'll need to research your card, your software-of-interest, and what framework it uses to interface with a GPU. Your card appears to support CUDA and OpenCL framework versions listed here.

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written by Alex Reynolds Alex Reynolds

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