high performance computing on graphics processing units: hgpu.org

In this paper we take a look at GPU-Quicksort, an efficient Quicksort algorithm suitable for the highly parallel multi-core graphics processors. Quicksort had previously been considered an inefficient sorting solution for graphics processors, but GPU-Quicksort often performs better than the fastest known sorting implementations for graphics processors, such as radix and bitonic sort. Quicksort can thus be seen as a viable alternative for sorting large quantities of data on graphics processors.