Sort and merge instruction for a general-purpose processor

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PATENT NO 11221850
APP PUB NO 20210011719A1
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17037962

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A Sort Lists instruction is provided to perform a sort and/or a merge operation. The instruction is an architected machine instruction of an instruction set architecture and is executed by a general-purpose processor of the computing environment. The executing includes sorting a plurality of input lists to obtain one or more sorted output lists, which are output.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Bradbury, Jonathan D Poughkeepsie, US 273 2170
Farrell, Mark S Pleasant Valley, US 139 2438
Giamei, Bruce C Lagrangeville, US 38 193
Jacobi, Christian West Park, US 381 3700
Puranik, Aditya N Pune, IN 16 42
Recktenwald, Martin Schoenaich, DE 93 419
Schmidt, Donald W Stone Ridge, US 173 2756
Siegel, Timothy Staatsburg, US 8 1
Zoellin, Christian Austin, US 44 103

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