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    Area of Science:

    • Optoelectronics
    • Computer Architecture
    • Parallel Processing

    Background:

    • Bitonic sorters are fundamental algorithms for parallel sorting.
    • Traditional implementations face challenges in hardware efficiency and scalability.
    • Optoelectronic approaches offer potential for high-speed data processing.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a novel optoelectronic bitonic sorter utilizing a recirculating architecture.
    • To analyze the design, control, and synchronization of smart pixel arrays for sorting.
    • To compare the recirculating design with a pipeline implementation in terms of performance and resource utilization.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation of a recirculating architecture for the bitonic sorter.
    • Utilization of smart pixel arrays composed of bitwise compare-and-exchange modules.
    • Parallel-bit parallel data input and processing.
    • Comparative analysis of capacity, hardware, response time, and throughput against a pipeline design.

    Main Results:

    • The recirculating optoelectronic bitonic sorter demonstrates reduced hardware requirements compared to pipelined systems.
    • The proposed design processes data in parallel-bit parallel fashion.
    • A trade-off exists between reduced hardware and system throughput.

    Conclusions:

    • The recirculating architecture offers a hardware-efficient alternative for optoelectronic bitonic sorters.
    • Further optimization may be needed to balance hardware savings with throughput demands.
    • This work contributes to the development of efficient parallel sorting systems.