Fast parallel sorting processor
US4567572A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F7/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information processor is described which is especially suitable for efficiently sorting large quantities of binary data. Data in a plurality of storage devices is fed to a plurality of compare-exchange modules and is then selectively passed back to the storage devices by means of multi-input switches. A programmable microprocessor controls passage of data through the various components in an iterative process.
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