I'm not he.  No affiliation.  Thought it pertinent to ask and for you to answer that question publicly.  As a developer, I as sure that you agree that too many miners developers are taking GPL code and using it outside of the license and this is likely one of the reasons why you have had to close source yours and other developers like Imperdin may end up having to close sourcing his.

Looks like you included Imperdin's heavy optimizations for that small bump.  Did you include that GPL3 code in your miner?

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there were few posts related to AWS in another post related to FPGA mining and one person told that he does mine via AWS FPGA but someone also mentioned that actually amazon does not allow it and bans immediately once you get caught.

There's a fairly new coin I'd like to mine on AWS but I'm not a programmer. I've been reading up on vhdl but I really don't know where start. Would anyone be willing to assist me?

Hey,
Im looking for a all-in-one tutorial buy site + explanation how work FPGA
It is better to buy the version at 5k or 1k?
What tests were you able to do and how do you make it work?

Really thanks !!

I am in talks with someone who's in the process of developing a 250-300A vccint version of the VCU1525. It's quite possible that may be the version that ends up getting sold. I would like it to be, but again, it just depends on how things go. I should know more in the next couple of weeks. The price should remain within the same ranges depending on QTY. The 9P is the most mass produced chip, there's no getting around the fact it will be the lowest cost / logic ratio in large quantity.

If you have any questions RE the shell, send me a ping. Would love to hear your feedback and any problems you might have with it.

If you dont code bitstreams yourself, how did you start fpga mining on AWS?  Hire help?

Can you experts please stop blabbering and start coding! Crypto community neads you to provide viable and usable Bitstreams that is early adoptors can use. Who ever release the first solution will most likely make back your development time 6 love...

Start with something simple like SHA256D used in Bitcoin:

https://github.com/progranism/Open-Source-FPGA-Bitcoin-Miner

Or something from the official Xilinx marketing publication:

http://issuu.com/xcelljournal/docs/xcell_journal_issue_84/16

Have fun!

Edit: I forgot to include standard explanation about the difference between CPU programming and FPGA programming.

CPUs have von Neumann architecture with linear memory, e.g. from 0 to 4294967296. Compiling and running your first 10 line program will take seconds on your typical usable computer with 4GB of RAM.

FPGA have a completely generic two dimensional architecture that literally has kajilion of constraints. Most of those constraints are secret to the FPGA vendor. The XCVU9P FPGA discussed in this thread has about 2104 pads, just describing the pads that are actually connected with useful signals on the VCU1525 board is a file that has 25 pages in the manual. Those are the constraints that are visible and not secret.

When compiling your first 10 line FPGA program the Xilinx toolchain will still have to process those constraints even if you use less than 1% of 1% of the whole VCU9P chip. On the other hand the small XC7A35T chip on the training board has much, much less internal constraints that needs to be read by the toolchain.

You will observe that your small 10 line FPGA program will be completely compiled and done for a small device like like 7A35T while for the large device the Xilinx toolchain is still decrypting the secret VU9P constraints file. Amazon recommends that you run their FPGA development kit for VCU9P on a computer with 32GB of RAM to get sensible performance for nontrivial programs.

Just be aware of the above.

Edit2: Trying to learn logic design on a high-end device may seriously test your patience. Start with a low-end device.

Edit3: Grammar fixes.

Thank you for the tip on the $99 fpga training kit.  I was considering something like this myself and this is actually very useful.  Can you recommend any sources of information on how mining is be achieved on an fpga?

Not at all angry.  Attempted to make that clear on my last post.

My point here is that some very smart people here are making unproven claims.  It is healthy to question those claims that others here are hoping to profit from.

If you truly do have a skill that has given you a competitive advantage, by all means keep it to yourself, you've earned it.