160-fold acceleration of the Smith-Waterman algorithm using a field programmable gate array (FPGA)-1

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "160-fold acceleration of the Smith-Waterman algorithm using a field programmable gate array (FPGA)"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/185</p><p>BMC Bioinformatics 2007;8():185-185.</p><p>Published online 7 Jun 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1896180.</p><p></p>containing the scores and flags from the three neighbouring cells (north, northwest and west). The output is one 32-bit data containing the final scores and the direction of alignment gap. The grey areas indicate the unused data bits. B. Schematic design of the inputs and outputs from one 1×SCM