Hi, my question might seem ridiculous but I still need to ask this question
Is it possible to use an ASIC miner for searching for data using another programming language like php?
This idea came up due to the speed that an ASIC can perform in comparison with a CPU.
Please advice.
An ASIC is not a common purpose computer. It's a device that can do one thing. Its chips can do only one thing. ASIC means
application-specific integrated circuit and this basically tells the full story. The only application for a bitcoin ASIC miner is to mine Bitcoin and a few altcoins that have the same mining algorithm. And that's all.
So the answer for you is: no, sorry.