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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hirohisa Machida, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395600 ; 3642229 ; 3649623 ; 364D / ; 395800 ; 3401462 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a sorting apparatus for sorting applied n data. Data to be sorted are once held within data registers. Odd-numbered comparison/exchange circuits and even-numbered comparison/exchange circuits are alternately enabled, so that two data held between adjacent two data registers are compared/exchanged. Comparison/exchange circuits apply signals indicating data exchange to a sorting completion detecting circuit. Since sorting completion detecting circuit detects completion of sorting in response to the applied exchange signal, an operation after the completion of sorting is stopped. That is, a processing in the sorting apparatus ends in a short time.