AWS HPC Blog
Author: Manu Pillai
Manu Pillai is a Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS, focused on high-performance computing and cloud solutions for life sciences organizations. With over 12 years of experience in the life sciences industry, he brings deep domain expertise to help organizations leverage cloud technologies to advance scientific discovery. He enjoys exploring new destinations with his family when he's not diving into the latest tech innovations.
Evaluating next‑generation cloud compute for large‑scale genomic processing
AstraZeneca’s genomic research requires extensive computational resources to analyze DNA sequences for developing life-saving therapies. As cloud infrastructure evolves with more powerful capabilities, customers can adopt them to see performance and efficiency gains. AstraZeneca successfully migrated to Amazon EC2 F2 instances for genomics, boosting performance by 60% and slashing costs by 70%.