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Re: programmable bit permutation circuit

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From: Joe Touch
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 1990 00:30
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In article <HUGHES.90Nov14134247@locusts.Berkeley.EDU> hughes@locusts.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Hughes) writes:
>I am looking for a circuit which can arbitrarily permute a fix number
>of bits (e.g. 64).

>any such circuit which uses O(n log n) gates?

Use a Batcher-banyan organization.  It has (n/2)log(n) elements,
and can realize any permutation.  

See references on Multistage Interconnection Networks.

Joe
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From: touch@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Joe Touch)
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Subject: Re: programmable bit permutation circuit
Summary: use a Batcher-banyan organization
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Date: 15 Nov 90 00:30:51 GMT
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