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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Asit K. Mishra, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kshitij A. Doshi, Chandler, AZ (US);
Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Chandler, AZ (US);
Deborah T. Marr, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor comprises a first register to store a plurality of data items at a plurality of positions within the first register, a second register, and an execution unit, operatively coupled to the first register and the second register, the execution unit comprising a logic circuit implementing a sort instruction for sorting the plurality of data items stored in the first register in an order of data item values, and storing, in the second register, a plurality of indices, wherein each index identifies a position associated with a data item stored in the first register prior to the sorting.