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Title: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: stlouisweb on March 30, 2013, 12:23:41 PM I've been looking into ASIC mining hardware.
I'm a little discouraged, looks like a lot of expensive vaporware However, I found some Automotive HID headlight control modules for $79, with ASIC chips. I don't know much about the technology, so my question is: Can these Automotive ASIC devices be reprogrammed to mine coin? http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=380479670108&cmd=VIDESC Title: Re: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: Matthew N. Wright on March 30, 2013, 12:24:48 PM I've been looking into ASIC mining hardware. I'm a little discouraged, looks like a lot of expensive vaporware However, I found some Automotive HID headlight control modules for $79, with ASIC chips. I don't know much about the technology, so my question is: Can these Automotive ASIC devices be reprogrammed to mine coin? http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=380479670108&cmd=VIDESC The bad news is, it won't make any bitcoins. The good news is, BFL customers may buy them just the same. Title: Re: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: CIYAM on March 30, 2013, 12:26:09 PM You cannot *re-program* an ASIC it is a "purpose-built" Integrated Circuit (FPGA on the other hand *can* be re-programmed).
Title: Re: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: greyhawk on March 30, 2013, 12:30:10 PM I've been looking into ASIC mining hardware. I'm a little discouraged, looks like a lot of expensive vaporware However, I found some Automotive HID headlight control modules for $79, with ASIC chips. I don't know much about the technology, so my question is: Can these Automotive ASIC devices be reprogrammed to mine coin? http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=380479670108&cmd=VIDESC You should try it with your alarm clock, it's got an ASIC too. Title: Re: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: DigitalDroid on March 30, 2013, 01:24:31 PM At first I thought this was a joke, but I can see where the confusing might be coming from.
ASIC simply stands for "Application-specific integrated circuit". Your desktop or laptop computer is a general purpose device. It can perform many different functions. You can add additional software to your computer to make it do new things. For example: if you install a video-player, you can watch videos. If you install a bitcoin miner, you can mine bitcoins. So your processor, the piece of hardware that does most of the work, can be used to accomplish a lot of different tasks. An ASIC is a piece of hardware designed to perform a specific task. What that task is could be anything. It all depends on what the manufacturer designed it to do. Title: Re: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: Dragonman on March 30, 2013, 01:57:51 PM So if I am reading this right there is no way to access the on board chips to reprogram them?
Title: Re: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: CIYAM on March 30, 2013, 02:01:16 PM So if I am reading this right there is no way to access the on board chips to reprogram them? Indeed - they simply cannot be reprogrammed. Title: Re: Can I train my headlights to mine bitcoin? Post by: shockvibee on March 30, 2013, 02:26:00 PM So if I am reading this right there is no way to access the on board chips to reprogram them? They can't be reprogrammed that's why they're so good at what they do! |