ARACHNE: A Whole-Genome Shotgun Assembler

Table 6.

Computational Performance at Ten-Fold Coverage

Genome Length (Mb) Time (Hr) Memory (Gb RAM)
H. influenzae 1.8 0.3 0.13
S. cerevisiae 12 1.9 1.0
D. melanogaster 120 21 8.4
Human 21 33.8 7.5 3.0
Human 22 33.5 8.7 4.9
  • Total CPU times are given, including times for both assembly and evaluation, using a single 667 MHz Alpha processor on a Compaq ES40 machine.

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