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Parabricks

Definition
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Parabricks is an NVIDIA software suite that accelerates genomics pipelines on GPUs.

Topics
Sequencing Data Analysis Compute and Hardware
URL
https://docs.nvidia.com/clara/parabricks/
Related
Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

Why it matters in GWAS

Studies processing very large WGS cohorts may report Parabricks-accelerated preprocessing or calling; recognizing it clarifies when throughput gains come from GPU implementations rather than different statistical models.

Example usage

"To meet turnaround targets, variant calling was run with Parabricks on GPU nodes using a GATK-compatible workflow."

Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) HaplotypeCaller Variant Calling Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS)
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References

  • NVIDIA. Clara Parabricks documentation. https://docs.nvidia.com/clara/parabricks/
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