Edico Genome Inc., a San Diego-based company that makes integrated circuits for processing genomic data, announced the broad commercial launch of its flagship Dragen processor.
Dragen is a chip that users can integrate into their servers or sequencing instruments to map sequencing reads, or DNA fragments, to a reference genome. The idea is that the chip can help companies piece short reads together to create a complete genome. This is a much faster approach than using a general purpose server, and it relieves one of the most time-consuming steps in working with genomic data.
