| 摘要 |
Storage processor having a parallel matching function, typically, a CAM or content addressable memory. Sequence information is stored in a storage processor to use it as to-be-matched data. Matching data and the to-be-matched data are matched parallel by the storage processor. Information representing the matching between the matching data and the to-be-matched data is obtained, and thereby sequence analysis information is obtained. In a preferred mode, sequences are so stored in a CAM serving as the storage processor as to be directed perpendicularly to the matching direction and arranged in the matching direction. The matching data used is a same-character string. From the matching by the CAM, it is judged whether or not the sequences match one another. When sequences are excluded from the matching object one by one, which sequence is different is found. Analysis of biological sequence information such as on a base sequence and amino acid sequence is conducted in a shorter time. |
