Ok maybe you misunderstand... I am coming from a business point of view.
I think you are coming from a 'there's an app for that' point of view
maybe you can just outsource this?
I get your smart-assness.... I'm the same way. So I'm not gonna whine. LOL
I sort of am coming from that angle... Meaning I would think there was some other chip other than those in GPU etc that would be suited for hashing.
But as someone else in this thread just explained and clarified. The chip itself is specifically designed for hashing bitcoins, therefore no, there is no other chips out there that could do specifically what a BitCoin miner is looking for.
yup - your question just resembled what all the corporate zombie managers I see all the time where they catch wind of something 5 years late and say a bunch of rah rah spin that the job can get done better, cheaper if we just LEAN it with some 6 Sigma Agile & ITIL it NOW, cause well they want it and stuff
as everyone else said, it is hard a nut to crack and then it is a race with a short window to make $$$.. that is why Avalon is saying F it and mining themselves..