Quote from: Iamtutut on June 19, 2018, 12:43:05 PM

Quote from: d57heinz on June 19, 2018, 11:45:21 AM

Quote from: ilia_2s on June 18, 2018, 07:02:35 PM

Hello, Guys.

Our company named "Coloco Group" and we are in FPGA-mining for a several years. There are some photos of our hardware. It's based on Xilinx ML605 PCB.
This PCB was replicated by our engineers.

I can confirm that dev-kits discussed here (VCU1525, etc.) is a very high-cost solution. Because it was designed only for development purposes. This PCB have a great number of unused elements and many electronic components are very expensive (TI power modules, branded (SAMSUNG, TDK, PANASONIC) passive components (resistors, ferrites, capacitors, etc.), therefore it have a bad ROI, and it does not suitable for mining tasks.

We created a design and ready to manufacture a new version of FPGA-mining device. It will be a Plug-n-Play device, with integrated hashing firmware and control unit with ethernet-port and web-interface. All Boards in one metal box with cooling fans. No additional PC or other equipment needed. We forecast a 2x more powerful hashrate than at VCU1525, and a half total price at the same time!

We will represent our product ASAP, also with a Keccak bitstream for testing, and unlike an OP with a complete mining software for real MaxCoin network.

If anyone has a Verilog/VHDL-editions of any mining-algorithm please contact me via PM or mdc@coloco.biz. We can discuss a dev fee for integration of your algorithm implementation to our board.

Awesome. So manufactures playing same game with FPGA. Fist batch is outrageous at 4K per card. Now here comes the next guy. Hey I can make for 2x less. Then the race to the bottom begins all over again. Those of you thinking playing cat and mouse with algos think that will somehow make this more decentralized is yet another pipe dream. Or PR stunt. Plus with such low amounts of these boards again how does this amount to decentralization or just more of the rich getting richer. Low man once again builds up another system for the rich to take over once the leg work is done. Typical capitalist thinking. Ugh!

BR

1) ML6025 is a 2009 FPGA https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/boards_and_kits/ug534.pdf
2) ML6025 memory: 512MB DDR3. VCU1525: up to 64GB DDR4.
3) When I read this "It's based on Xilinx ML605 PCB. This PCB was replicated by our engineers.", I smell counterfeit goods or at least counterfeit design.
4) Don't expect a 2009 FPGA to be twice as fast as the current TOTL. "We forecast a 2x more powerful hashrate than at VCU1525".
5) especially not with mem hungry algos.

I smell a scam.

I think its obvious that English isn't OP's first language. If I understand what he said correctly, this is a pic of the hardware that they have been using privately for "several years" and that the product he is discussing will be posted at a later date. Kind of hard to label something a scam without a detailed product announcement. What I do know though is that its only a matter of time before we do see something like this sold at a lower price point. Sooner or later someone who has been privately mining with FPGAs will see the writing on the wall and realize the first company to come to market with something that is more powerful than a GPU and more versatile than an ASIC will make a large windfall.