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We intend to buy one on-site server (“the system”) for FPGA card accelerated computations of NGS data as well as 1-year license for processing of 100 000 Gb of data (equivalent of approximately 1 200 human genomes). The system is the only one on the market that provides the ability to both
1) rapidly process binary sequencing results files (BCL files) and demultiplex reads to render raw data (FASTQ files);
2) rapidly align the obtained reads to a reference genome and thereafter call sequence variants using the industry-standard, GATK best practice model. The system is patented (e.g., US 9 483 610) with a number of additional applications pending.
There are other systems on the market who can achieve the processing of FASTQ data to variants, either using GATK best practice or similar approaches. However, these systems do not enable accelerated processing of BCL to FASTQ data. For our time-critical applications, the ability to rapidly process a DNA sample to raw data and further to resul