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Re:1Password GPU brute-force with 3M hash/s by makomk on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @06:03PM (#5561237)
No. In theory the FPGA boards could be repurposed, in practice no-one's bothered yet.
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Re:1Password GPU brute-force with 3M hash/s by alanctgardner2 on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @06:10PM (#5561269)
Did a lot of miners buy pre-programmed FPGAs to do mining? If they're passe, they could probably recover a lot of the cost by selling them to students. Or donating them, since they're now rich (technically).
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Re:1Password GPU brute-force with 3M hash/s by nwh on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @06:12PM (#5561277)
Avalon had a trade-back program when they sold their round 2 ASICs, though I'm not sure what they are doing with the old FPGA boards once they receive them.
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