Re:Energy-efficient encryption for the internet of things
by infowl on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:01AM
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Application Specific Integrated Circuit, so yes but no.
BTC ASIC chips are relatively simple sha-256 generators, whereas the chip from these MIT researchers is somewhat more complicated and can handle elliptic-curve public-key cryptography.
BTC ASIC chips are relatively simple sha-256 generators, whereas the chip from these MIT researchers is somewhat more complicated and can handle elliptic-curve public-key cryptography.