Quote from: gameboy366 on May 26, 2018, 05:17:29 AM

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Quote from: R0land on May 26, 2018, 02:33:03 AM

Quote from: jamesgalb on May 25, 2018, 11:50:19 PM

So. What programming languages and information should I be learning so that I can better understand this stuff? In school now.

VHDL and logic algebra

If youre in the US learn Verilog - Europe learn VHDL. Or learn both, Logic is more important.

@r0land you once mentioned 64GH Cryptonight(v7?) . Care to comment on that further? What exact hardware?

And what for asian countries ? Why does location matters here ?

Location doesnt really matter, the US just happens to have more RTL jobs in Verilog and Europe tends to have more in VHDL, so it makes sense to learn the skill that will be most useful for you long run.

As to all the algo/profit list - some youve listed red are actually green. With that said, anyone who wants to buy a board to just plug in an launch a miner isnt the target for this thread. Those who want to be on the bleeding edge and get involved while making return and profit on their hardware are best suited.

FPGA resistance and ASIC resistance are also not the same thing, both philosophically and in practice.

Finally, at least personally I have zero interest in inciting people to go out and buy random or specific FPGAs right now sight unseen. The device Ive personally got I developed for myself, and anyone looking at chip and component costs will see that its true when I say Im making it available near cost. I think Ive explained clearly what it is designed to do, and Im not asking anyone to buy it sight unseen. Ive specifically declined to provide performance stats until theyre verified on the final shipping hardware and not design verification boards.

The VCU1525 is a Xilinx board that whitefire990 did his development work for. Xilinx sells that board themselves - no one here profits from inciting people to buy that board.

This is crypto - everyone needs to make their own calculations and risk decisions. Id simply hate to see you dissuade someone from something they are interested in based on arm chair conjecture. The hardware world moves slowly - the only thing needed is patience for your proof.