diff --git a/sortbench.cu b/sortbench.cu
index 1ad1d59..5abc0f9 100644
--- a/sortbench.cu
+++ b/sortbench.cu
@@ -27,6 +27,89 @@ void prefix_scan_8_0_shmem(unsigned char *keys, int nitems, int *pfxs) {
     }
 }
 
+__global__
+void prefix_scan_8_0_shmem_lessconf(unsigned char *keys, int nitems, int *pfxs) {
+    __shared__ int sh_pfxs_banked[256][32];
+
+    for (int i = threadIdx.y; i < 256; i += blockDim.y)
+        sh_pfxs_banked[i][threadIdx.x] = 0;
+
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    int blksz = blockDim.x * blockDim.y;
+    int cap = nitems * (blockIdx.x + 1);
+
+    for (int i = threadIdx.y * 32 + threadIdx.x + nitems * blockIdx.x;
+         i < cap; i += blksz) {
+        int value = keys[i];
+        atomicAdd(&(sh_pfxs_banked[value][threadIdx.x]), 1);
+    }
+
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    for (int i = threadIdx.y; i < 256; i += blockDim.y) {
+        for (int j = 16; j > 0; j = j >> 1)
+            if (j > threadIdx.x)
+                sh_pfxs_banked[i][threadIdx.x] += sh_pfxs_banked[i][j+threadIdx.x];
+        __syncthreads();
+    }
+
+    if (threadIdx.y < 8) {
+        int off = threadIdx.y * 32 + threadIdx.x;
+        atomicAdd(pfxs + off, sh_pfxs_banked[off][0]);
+    }
+
+}
+
+__global__
+void prefix_scan_5_0_popc(unsigned char *keys, int nitems, int *pfxs) {
+    __shared__ int sh_pfxs[32];
+
+    if (threadIdx.y == 0) sh_pfxs[threadIdx.x] = 0;
+
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    int blksz = blockDim.x * blockDim.y;
+    int cap = nitems * (blockIdx.x + 1);
+
+    int sum = 0;
+
+    for (int i = threadIdx.y * 32 + threadIdx.x + nitems * blockIdx.x;
+         i < cap; i += blksz) {
+
+        int value = keys[i];
+        int test = __ballot(value & 1);
+        if (!(threadIdx.x & 1)) test = ~test;
+
+        int popc_res = __ballot(value & 2);
+        if (!(threadIdx.x & 2)) popc_res = ~popc_res;
+        test &= popc_res;
+
+        popc_res = __ballot(value & 4);
+        if (!(threadIdx.x & 4)) popc_res = ~popc_res;
+        test &= popc_res;
+
+        popc_res = __ballot(value & 8);
+        if (!(threadIdx.x & 8)) popc_res = ~popc_res;
+        test &= popc_res;
+
+        popc_res = __ballot(value & 16);
+        if (!(threadIdx.x & 16)) popc_res = ~popc_res;
+        test &= popc_res;
+
+        sum += __popc(test);
+    }
+
+    atomicAdd(sh_pfxs + threadIdx.x + 0,   sum);
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    if (threadIdx.y == 0) {
+        int off = threadIdx.x;
+        atomicAdd(pfxs + off, sh_pfxs[off]);
+    }
+}
+
+
 __global__
 void prefix_scan_8_0_popc(unsigned char *keys, int nitems, int *pfxs) {
     __shared__ int sh_pfxs[256];
diff --git a/sortbench.py b/sortbench.py
index d23a7fc..ea2574d 100644
--- a/sortbench.py
+++ b/sortbench.py
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ def go(scale, block, test_cpu):
     if test_cpu:
         print 'it worked? %s' % (np.all(shmem_pfxs == cpu_pfxs))
 
+    fun = mod.get_function('prefix_scan_8_0_shmem_lessconf')
+    shmeml_pfxs = np.zeros(256, dtype=np.int32)
+    t = fun(cuda.In(data), np.int32(block), cuda.InOut(shmeml_pfxs),
+            block=(32, 32, 1), grid=(scale, 1), time_kernel=True)
+    print 'shmeml took %g secs.' % t
+    print 'it worked? %s' % (np.all(shmeml_pfxs == shmem_pfxs))
+
     fun = mod.get_function('prefix_scan_8_0_popc')
     popc_pfxs = np.zeros(256, dtype=np.int32)
     t = fun(cuda.In(data), np.int32(block), cuda.InOut(popc_pfxs),
@@ -38,8 +45,18 @@ def go(scale, block, test_cpu):
     print 'popc took %g secs.' % t
     print 'it worked? %s' % (np.all(shmem_pfxs == popc_pfxs))
 
+    fun = mod.get_function('prefix_scan_5_0_popc')
+    popc5_pfxs = np.zeros(32, dtype=np.int32)
+    t = fun(cuda.In(data), np.int32(block), cuda.InOut(popc5_pfxs),
+            block=(32, 16, 1), grid=(scale, 1), time_kernel=True)
+    print 'popc5 took %g secs.' % t
+    print popc5_pfxs
+
+
+
 def main():
-    go(8, 512<<10, True)
+    # shmem is known good; disable the CPU run to get better info from cuprof
+    #go(8, 512<<10, True)
     go(1024, 512<<10, False)