Traditional von-Neumann computing architectures, such as CPUs and GPUs, demonstrate limitations in memory bandwidth and energy efficiency. However, their high demand lies in their programmability and flexible functionality. Such platforms execute a wide spectrum of bit-wise logic and arithmetic operations. In this regard, recent application-specific...

­The study of human genetics is a rapidly expanding field, fueled in part by developments in large-scale protein and genomic sequencing technologies. Biopharmaceutical companies and modern healthcare rely heavily on sequencing technologies and the acquired data to develop new drugs and provide effective treatments to patients. However, the results...

­In the era of big data, min/max searching from bulk data arrays is one of the most important and widely used fundamental operations in data-intensive applications such as sorting, ranking, bioinformatics, data mining, graph processing, and route planning. Online news and social media require real-time ranking using fast min/max searching from...