Re: DIY FPGA Mining rig for any algorithm with fast ROI

Can you give anymore details on what exactly you are going to try to get going with Intel? Are you talking Stratix10 HBM? Or some form of prototype?

Yes, the Stratix 10 parts are equivalent to the Ultrascale+ parts. I believe we'll be able to get the same or better performance for a much lower price point. If FPGA are really going to be viable in the long term to displace GPUs the cost has to be reduced in a significant way. $3995 is ok, right now, while margins are high... But if we really wanted to displace GPUs completely both the cost / perf and power / perf will need to be better than GPUs. I'm hoping that we'll eventually (6-12 months) be able to sell a $1000-2000 board with a stratix 10 or ultrascale+ part that has HBM.

What about this very critical point of view about Intel Stratix 10 HBM ?
https://www.semiaccurate.com/2017/12/19/intels-claims-fpgas-hbm-dont-hold-water/

Both Xilinx and Intel are failing to sample or ship HBM chips announced more than six months ago. I dont think that HBM is coming at mainstream prices in FPGAs anytime soon - even AMD and Nvidia are moving away from it in consumer products.

As far as I'm aware they are at least in some limited fashion shipping the stratix 10 mx series. I'll confirm next week for sure. But I do remember hearing about problems they had in 2017 and how they wouldn't be resolved until 2018 because they had to redesign the stratix 10. I believe what we are now seeing is that redesigned chip. As far as I know, altera had never planned 58G serdes in the stratix 10 -- unless I missed it in the literature of the time.