Throughput of NGS machines (2010)
illumina®
HiSeq2000 (launched in 2010)
Up to 25GB per day for a 2 x100 bp run
Read Length
1 x 35 bp
2 x 50 bp
2 x 100 bp
Run Time
~1.5 days
~4 days
~8 days
Output
26-35 Gb
75-100 Gb
150-200 Gp
Applied Biosystems
SOLiD 4 (launched in 2009)