▁collabor ated ▁with ▁Sci Eng ines ▁GmbH ▁on ▁an ▁F P GA ▁acceler ator ▁they ▁claimed ▁will ▁give ▁ 1 8 8 x ▁acceleration ▁of ▁B LA ST . ▁ ▁The ▁Mit r ion - C ▁Open ▁Bio ▁Project ▁was ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁port ▁B LA ST ▁to ▁run ▁on ▁Mit r ion ▁F PG As . ▁ ▁GPU - ac cel er ated ▁ ▁GPU - B last ▁is ▁an ▁acceler ated ▁version ▁of ▁NC BI ▁B LA ST P ▁for ▁C U DA ▁which ▁is ▁ 3 x ~ 4 x ▁faster ▁than ▁NC BI ▁Bl ast . ▁ ▁C U DA - B LA ST P ▁is ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁B LA ST P ▁that ▁is ▁GPU - ac cel er ated ▁and ▁is ▁claimed ▁to ▁run ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 0 x ▁faster ▁than ▁NC BI ▁B LA ST . ▁ ▁G - B LA ST N ▁is ▁an ▁acceler ated ▁version ▁of ▁NC BI ▁bl ast n ▁and ▁meg ab last , ▁whose ▁speed up ▁var ies ▁from ▁ 4 x ▁to ▁ 1 4 x ▁( comp ared ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁runs ▁with ▁ 4 ▁CPU ▁threads ). ▁Its ▁current ▁limitation ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁database ▁must ▁fit ▁into ▁the ▁GPU ▁memory . ▁ ▁CPU - ac cel er ated ▁ ▁M PI B last ▁is ▁a ▁parallel ▁implementation ▁of ▁NC BI ▁B LA ST ▁using ▁Message ▁Pass ing ▁Interface . ▁By ▁efficiently ▁util izing ▁distributed ▁computational ▁resources ▁through ▁database ▁fragment ation , ▁query ▁segment ation , ▁intellig