A practical quicksort algorithm for graphics processors

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5193 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 246-258

  Cederman, Daniel ^a   Tsigas, Philippas ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; SORTING;

BITONIC SORT; GRAPHICS PROCESSOR; HIGHLY PARALLELS; MULTI CORE; QUICKSORT;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

EID: 57749169896     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87744-8_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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