论文信息 - Parallel Merge Sort on Concurrent-Read Owner-Write PRAM

Parallel Merge Sort on Concurrent-Read Owner-Write PRAM

This paper discusses a variant of the CREW PRAM model introduced by Dymond and Ruzzo called CROW (Concurrent Read Owner Write) PRAM. in which each global memory location may only be written by its assigned owner processor. We show that CROW PRAMs can sort in O(log n) parallel time using O(n log n) processors.

Xiaotie Deng | Patrick W. Dymond | David C. Lin

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