ASIC fork to work with another ALGO

[dannyprats]

Hi guys..

I've been thinking about this a long time ago:
Is there any possibility of using an ASIC hardware to work with other algorithms?
If this is open-source, maybe you can make a fork, modify and adapt the software-hardware for mining another algorithms.

What do you think about that? Is that possible?  
I mean .. all ASIC hardware has multiple CPUs-chips and memory that could be recycled. Especially older hardware ASIC

[-ck]

No, that's the whole point of ASICs, they only do one thing.

[notlist3d]

Hi guys..

I've been thinking about this a long time ago:
Is there any possibility of using an ASIC hardware to work with other algorithms?
If this is open-source, maybe you can make a fork, modify and adapt the software-hardware for mining another algorithms.

What do you think about that? Is that possible?  
I mean .. all ASIC hardware has multiple CPUs-chips and memory that could be recycled. Especially older hardware ASIC

They do SHA256 algo.  So if an alt of that yes... you could.  But no you cant really recycle it into lets say scrypt.

But most alt's are not worth mining.  BTC is really the most worth while.  Older asics normally go to cheaper electricity places until they are worthless.  But normally they have multiple owners at this point.

[dannyprats]

Ok.. I understand.. thanks for your quick reply!

[QuintLeo]

ASIC are specific to the algorythm they are designed to work with - that's the "SPECIFIC" part of what ASIC stands for.

 FPGAs could be reprogramed for different algorythms, but the are a lot less efficient than a part hard-wired for maximal efficiency at one particular usage.