title: Selecting a processor for computations in molecular biophysics.
abstract: A number of relatively low-cost processors are now available which employ architectural features previously found only on very expensive supercomputers. The speed of these computers makes it possible to reduce the time to solution of certain problems and to resolve large problems that previously were too time consuming to perform locally. A brief overview of this type of processor is given and the implications for computations in molecular biophysics are discussed in reference to the results of a benchmark that uses the refinement of a protein structure from X-ray crystallographic data.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Bourne
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hendrickson
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008905:Minicomputers / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D008967:Molecular Biology