Figure 7.40 gives pseudo-code for the sorting operation in which the registers being sorted are indexed using variables i and j. In the ASM chart in Figure 7.41, variables i and j are implemented using the counters Ci and Cj . A different approach is to implement i and j using two shift registers.
(a) Redesign the circuit for the sorting operation using the shift registers instead of the counters to index registers R₀, . . . , R₃.
(b) Give Verilog code for the circuit designed in part (a).
(c) Discuss the relative merits and drawbacks of your circuit in comparison with the circuit that uses the counters C_i and C_j .

for i = 0 to k-2 do A = R; for ji C1 to k - 1 do B = Rj; if B < A then end for; end for; R = B; Rj = A; A = R: end if;