>>>>> "KB" == Karl Berry <[email protected]> writes:
>> ASIC/FPGA mining (primary use) has no such limitations. KB> What does "mining" mean here? I searched around but could KB> not figure it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_mining#Bitcoin_mining has a good description. Basically it is finding sha256 pre-images. >> Out of curiosity: I wonder whether anything that depends >> on FPGA may qualify as free software system. KB> If the programmed chips, or instructions for the programming, KB> are available, why not? I'm sure I don't get it ... Most (all?) FPGA chips have undisclosed bitstream formats. One typically (always?) has to use closed-source-ware for the final stage of compilation. I presume that is what he referred to. -JimC -- James Cloos <[email protected]> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6
