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Title: Anyone know how to repurpose BFL fpga for LTC?
Post by: yrtrnc on August 19, 2013, 01:05:47 PM
Can it be done? Has it been done?


Title: Re: Anyone know how to repurpose BFL fpga for LTC?
Post by: imamanandyou on August 19, 2013, 01:09:59 PM
Can it be done? Has it been done?

It is not easy as Scrypt mining requires more memory and access it often


Title: Re: Anyone know how to repurpose BFL fpga for LTC?
Post by: Bitcoinorama on August 19, 2013, 03:05:47 PM
Can it be done? Has it been done?

Scrypt requires significant onboard memory to process transactions. So it's more than a software hack, sorry buddy. :(


Title: Re: Anyone know how to repurpose BFL fpga for LTC?
Post by: Luke-Jr on August 19, 2013, 03:14:47 PM
FPGAs aren't mere software.

While scrypt in general might need some RAM added, Litecoin's scrypt can probably be done.


Title: Re: Anyone know how to repurpose BFL fpga for LTC?
Post by: Bitcoinorama on August 19, 2013, 03:19:58 PM
FPGAs aren't mere software.

While scrypt in general might need some RAM added, Litecoin's scrypt can probably be done.

I know, I'm not saying it's impossible, it just won't be as effective as cheaper and more available options it's premise attempts to replace...


Title: Re: Anyone know how to repurpose BFL fpga for LTC?
Post by: yrtrnc on November 17, 2013, 08:39:26 AM
I heard bfl was gonna open source the fpga's . any news?