Aligning sequencing reads onto a reference is an essential step of the majority of genomic
analysis pipelines. Computational algorithms for read alignment have evolved in …

Processing-using-DRAM has been proposed for a limited set of basic operations (ie, logic
operations, addition). However, in order to enable full adoption of processing-using-DRAM …

Data movement between the CPU and main memory is a first-order obstacle against improv
ing performance, scalability, and energy efficiency in modern systems. Computer systems …

Modern data-intensive applications demand high computational capabilities with strict
power constraints. Unfortunately, such applications suffer from a significant waste of both …

Many modern workloads, such as neural networks, databases, and graph processing, are
fundamentally memory-bound. For such workloads, the data movement between main …

Near-Data-Processing (NDP) architectures present a promising way to alleviate data
movement costs and can provide significant performance and energy benefits to parallel …

True random number generators (TRNG) sample random physical processes to create large
amounts of random numbers for various use cases, including security-critical cryptographic …

Many modern workloads such as neural network inference and graph processing are
fundamentally memory-bound. For such workloads, data movement between memory and …

The significant decline in the cost of genome sequencing has dramatically changed the
typical bioinformatics pipeline for analysing sequencing data. Where traditionally, the …

Motivation MinION is a portable nanopore sequencing device that can be easily operated in
the field with features including monitoring of run progress and selective sequencing. To …