Search for the term FPGA - this has already been discussed at length in there. The FPGA people already have working implementations. The big impediment to ASIC implementation is the cost not the talent on these forums.
I think there as been a misunderstanding. If not, then I apologize. But, I do not intend to simply release the design, as an "open source" file. I intend to finance the construction of a batch of ASICs chip based on a design, and sell them at cost-to-produce. So that miners can use them.
Hi ahtremblay. This is my first post in the forum. I'm new to the BC realm, but have been lurking a while.
The idea sounds great. However, do you mean a printed circuit card with the chip, or just the ASIC chip?
Have you any idea on what comparitive cost might be of the card compared to a GPU? i.e. $/Mhash
Also, what kind of initial target hashrate might be desired? One could always throw more chips on the card to increase the rate... it would be more cost efficient than a chip per card. Or, perhaps, it can be designed so that multiple chips can be installed on one card (by the user)...somewhat like multiple GPU's can be installed on a MoBo.