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		jhbadger on Sept 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel Failed Science Agreed. In computational biology it is similar. About 5-10 years ago there was huge excitement over GPUs and there were things like GPU-accelerated BLAST (program for comparing DNA/protein sequences against each other) and the like, but it really didn't revolutionize the field in general. HPCs like Biowulf (the HPC cluster used by the US National Institutes of Health, a pun on "biology" and "Beowulf") is overwhelmingly CPU-based with a few GPUS that you can request.

Maursault on Sept 30, 2022 [–]

> Biowulf (the HPC cluster used by the US National Institutes of Health, a pun on "biology" and "Beowulf")

Sorry to be satanic[0], but "Biowulf"[1] is not a pun. Thieves often make this mistake because they take things literally.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau

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