MetAlign 3.0: performance enhancement by efficient use of advances in computer hardware

A. Lommen, H.J. Kools

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    Abstract

    A new, multi-threaded version of the GC-MS and LC-MS data processing software, metAlign, has been developed which is able to utilize multiple cores on one PC. This new version was tested using three different multi-core PCs with different operating systems. The performance of noise reduction, baseline correction and peak-picking was 8-19 fold faster compared to the previous version on a single core machine from 2008. The alignment was 5-10 fold faster. Factors influencing the performance enhancement are discussed. Our observations show that performance scales with the increase in processor core numbers we currently see in consumer PC hardware development.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)719-726
    Number of pages8
    JournalMetabolomics
    Volume8
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • metabolomics approach
    • mass-spectrometry
    • lc-ms
    • identification
    • arabidopsis
    • metabolites
    • volatiles

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