What does ASIC really consist of? Are they all the same? (BTcoin thread)

[MrMaxwell]

I remember from the old days for hacking direcTV you could not use a regular smart card because it didn't have an asic ... does that mean that old directv cards with an asic could be useful for btcoin mining?

I apologize in advance if that is a stupid question

[spiederman]

an asic chip is a chip designed to do one thing, the thing it is programmed for. so i guess you cant use your card for mining

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[greg80]

ASIC = Application-specific integrated circuit

[Mark.Roy]

nope ,they are not same, coz they are Application specific.