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Title: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi Post by: mrhobbeys on December 15, 2013, 06:24:42 AM I've been searching around to find if anyone has made something like bitfury M or H board that would allow multiple graphics cards to be plugged and controlled by one computer or possibly raspberry pi.
If you are interested in something like this please leave a note. Title: Re: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi Post by: HellDiverUK on December 15, 2013, 09:05:48 AM That's pretty much impossible. That's like trying to plug a graphics card in to a Nintendo GameBoy and expecting to be able to play Wii games.
Title: Re: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi Post by: Soros Shorts on December 15, 2013, 01:06:54 PM For what benefit? It is not like commodity motherboards are expensive and unobtainable.
Title: Re: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi Post by: mrhobbeys on December 16, 2013, 07:57:48 PM For what benefit? It is not like commodity motherboards are expensive and unobtainable. More for fun than anything. I ordered Logi-Pi and Logi-Bone FPGAs from Kickstarter and thought it would be fun to see if I could interface with the OpenCL on several different graphics cards at once. I have found a little information but nothing promising at this point. Title: Re: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi Post by: HellDiverUK on December 16, 2013, 08:52:31 PM A Pi si just about fast enough to control the data coming to and from a few ASICs. It's never, ever going to have enough CPU power to even get a GPU working.
It's like raising London's Tower Bridge using a cordless screwdriver. Title: Re: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi Post by: mrhobbeys on December 20, 2013, 06:05:30 AM A Pi si just about fast enough to control the data coming to and from a few ASICs. It's never, ever going to have enough CPU power to even get a GPU working. It's like raising London's Tower Bridge using a cordless screwdriver. It runs several more than a *few* (I have had 21 block erupters on 1 Pi with no issues). FPGA would take over the processing the RPi would end up as network translation and other low demand tasks. Title: Re: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi Post by: wpgdeez on December 20, 2013, 05:56:06 PM I dont see why it couldnt work since people already mine on linux box's. It's not the Pi doing the hashing it is the gpu's, the Pi just runs the OS.
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