Abstract: A data sorting apparatus includes a hardware sorting unit and a processor. The hardware sorting unit is configured to determine slice granularities of a plurality of to-be-sorted elements, and determine an end value of each of a plurality of slices obtained based on the slice granularities. The processor is configured to determine K elements in the plurality of elements based on the end value of each of the plurality of slices, where the K elements are elements whose values are maximum or minimum in the plurality of elements. The hardware sorting unit shares selected tasks of the processor, such that the processor does not need to participate in an entire sorting process.

Abstract: A method for performing multi-system log access management and an associated SoC IC are provided. The method may include: utilizing multiple partial circuit of at least one processor in the SoC IC to run multiple systems, respectively; utilizing a first partial circuit to execute at least one first log management procedure, to configure at least one memory into multiple ring buffers, to record a set of first logs of a first system running on the first partial circuit into a first ring buffer, and to write multiple sets of logs respectively stored in the multiple ring buffers into a file system; and utilizing at least one second partial circuit to execute at least one second log management procedure, to record at least one set of second logs of at least one second system running on the at least one second partial circuit into at least one second ring buffer.