Hi,
This looks interesting, but I don't think it will be able to compete with the Avalon ASIC. The 64 cores are certainly nice, but a single Avalon ASIC can do 275 Mhash/s.
Even if each Epiphany-IV core can produce one full hash every 640 clock cycles, it will only generate 80 Mhash/s. I'm more of an FPGA/ASIC person, so I'm basing the 640 clock cycles on 10 clocks per individual SHA256, and 64 rounds per hash, which might even be low.
I think it is hard to compete with the Avalon ASIC custom chip, which was custom designed for mining.
Regards,
Pat
I see your point, I'm quite new to the world of ASIC and FPGA's and I so I thought this could compete. I will still be using this as a server and a second board for a custom PC. Also can ASIC's run applications or are they designed for mining?