Processing-in-memory (PIM) architecture has been considered as a promising solution for
the “memory-wall” issue in many data-intensive applications, especially in bioinformatics.
Recent works of developing PIM for genome alignment and assembling have achieved
tremendous improvement, while another important genome analysis-mRNA quantification
has not been explored. Efficient and accurate mRNA quantification is a crucial step for
molecular signature identification, disease outcome prediction and drug development. In this …