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BTCAnother newly developed FPGA Miner is here!
I got a new FPGA miner.
It's based on four Altera FPGA.
Hardware is fully tested and functional.
I have yet tested it with bitstream.
Here is the picture: https://imgur.com/a/qotLRcU
I am hoping the community can show me how to write bitstream and mining software for it.
After it is fully tested, I am planning to manufacture and sell it within North America only for now thru a website.
Depending on the response, I will fabricate around 20 to 100 pieces in total for the first batch.
Price: I have not fully done calculating the BOM and PCB cost yet. I think it might be between $2000 to $3500 (to be confirmed).
Hasing rate and power draw: I expect it will be lesser power consumption compare to the VCU1525 and has about the same hashrate ( to be tested)
I am hoping I can help out a bit in the mining community by producing a more accessible hardware to our community.
what next...
My next step is hoping I can create an FPGA miner based on Xilinx FPGA and the retail price target of $300 to $1000 (feasible?)
I got a new FPGA miner.
It's based on four Altera FPGA.
Hardware is fully tested and functional.
I have yet tested it with bitstream.
Here is the picture: https://imgur.com/a/qotLRcU
I am hoping the community can show me how to write bitstream and mining software for it.
After it is fully tested, I am planning to manufacture and sell it within North America only for now thru a website.
Depending on the response, I will fabricate around 20 to 100 pieces in total for the first batch.
Price: I have not fully done calculating the BOM and PCB cost yet. I think it might be between $2000 to $3500 (to be confirmed).
Hasing rate and power draw: I expect it will be lesser power consumption compare to the VCU1525 and has about the same hashrate ( to be tested)
I am hoping I can help out a bit in the mining community by producing a more accessible hardware to our community.
what next...
My next step is hoping I can create an FPGA miner based on Xilinx FPGA and the retail price target of $300 to $1000 (feasible?)
Did I properly decode 10AX066 ?
The upcoming Monero fork is being done by smart people who really understand how to make stuff 'good for GPU's.'
At the same time, there is a way for all ASICs to be defeated forever. Since X16R is faster on an FPGA than any ASIC could ever be (at least from a hardware investment point of view), then if every coin forked to X16R, all ASICs would die. However, I agree that we still need GPU mining. So some coins should do what Monero is doing. And I stand by what I have said before that if a coin wants be fpga-friendly and asic-proof, X16R is the way to go.
Another algorithm that is highly-friendly to GPU's (and extremely hard on fpga/asic) is Wild Keccak.
At the same time, there is a way for all ASICs to be defeated forever. Since X16R is faster on an FPGA than any ASIC could ever be (at least from a hardware investment point of view), then if every coin forked to X16R, all ASICs would die. However, I agree that we still need GPU mining. So some coins should do what Monero is doing. And I stand by what I have said before that if a coin wants be fpga-friendly and asic-proof, X16R is the way to go.
Another algorithm that is highly-friendly to GPU's (and extremely hard on fpga/asic) is Wild Keccak.
What about the upcoming HBM2 FPGA's? Does that drastically change the playing field ?
Any comments on the following proposed set of changes?
https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/4218
https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/4218
Important update today on the Zetheron website with new bitstreams designed to hold within the safe 170A current limit of the VCU1525:
http://zetheron.com/index.php/downloads/
If you are mining on the VCU1525 please update immediately.
Eric
http://zetheron.com/index.php/downloads/
If you are mining on the VCU1525 please update immediately.
Eric
Can you give some more information on what was changed in your bitstreams? Scaled down the clock frequency? Reduced the number of parallel processing paths? Cool to get some understanding on this topic
In my opinion once these boards are everywhere, very few people will be mining with them, as there will be more profit to be made in other fashions.
You mean outside the world of cryptocurrencies?
At multiple locations I read requirements of getting the FPGA's being programmed with cryptographic keys (efuses being blown) to support encrypted bitstreams. Is this also a requirement for the bitstreams from http://zetheron.com/? Which providers of bitstreams do have this requirement?