New Computing System Architecture for Simulation of Biological Signal Transduction Networks

Abstract

A new architecture has been developed for an ultra high-speed simulator that computes the evolution of biochemical signal transductions in cells. Unlike ordinary computers used for most scientific simulations, this architecture is not based on an ALU/FPU type sequential arithmetic process; instead, it directly implements the target phenomena into electronic circuits that operate massively in parallel. This methodology squeezes the potential computing power of the circuits on the silicon far more efficiently than CPU-oriented circuitry.