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?
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