Here's an old but great reference on the subject: http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/~roger/papers/cg09.pdf http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/~roger/papers/cg09.pdf I used to t

Here's an old but great reference on the subject: http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/~roger/papers/cg09.pdf http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/~roger/papers/cg09.pdf I used to teach digital design, sorting was one of the first topics for FPGA's :)