Re: Official Open Source FPGA Bitcoin Miner (Last Update: April 14th, 2013)

Quote from: anomalies on April 17, 2013, 01:36:43 PM

hi, total newbs here. Grin

just wanna ask since i got this fpga for free (my friends bought it and decide not use it for whatever reason), could i use this for BTC mining?

Genesys Virtex-5 FPGA Development Board
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Prod=GENESYS

thank you for your kind answer.

regards,

Quote from: Reggie0 on April 17, 2013, 05:20:49 PM

Quote from: anomalies on April 17, 2013, 01:36:43 PM

hi, total newbs here. Grin

Probably you can use it, but it will be slow, because 50k logic gate is not enough to use fully unrolled pipes. As i know Spartan-6 LX90T produces 90MH/s, and it has almost twice gates.

I wouldn't use it. This FPGA only has 28k flip flops. The Spartan6 LX150 has 184k for comparison. As Reggie0 said, you wouldn't be able to use fully unrolled logic.