ReCSiP: An FPGA‐based general‐purpose biochemical simulator

Mathematical modeling and simulation of cellular systems are essential to modern biological researches. However, simulating with software-based simulators on general-purpose microprocessors cannot provide enough throughput. ReCSiP is an FPGA-based solution for biochemical simulation and parameter scanning. This paper describes its design and hardware implementation. With Xilinx's XC2VP70-5, this method achieved 50- to 80-fold speed-up compared to Intel's Pentium4 processor. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 2, 90(7): 1–10, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/ecjb.20370

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