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Bitcoin => Hardware => Topic started by: crazyearner on April 12, 2013, 11:17:07 PM



Title: FPGA Boards Help buying
Post by: crazyearner on April 12, 2013, 11:17:07 PM
I have a question for the following boards below. Would they be worth getting hold of these ???


1. DB30.06 Xilinx Spartan XC3S1500-4FG676C
2. DB31.06 Altera Cyclone EP2C35F672C8
3. DB32.07 Lattice ECP LFECP33E-3FN672C
4. DB40.02 Altera Cyclone EP3C40F780C8N
5. DB41.02 Xilinx Spartan XC3S1400AN-4FGG676C
6. DB42.02 Xilinx Spartan XC3SD1800A-4FGG676C.


Title: Re: FPGA Boards Help buying
Post by: Zalfrin on April 13, 2013, 03:37:23 PM
Not really, unless you're getting them for very cheap. These are all older devices so they won't have as many logic resources available as the newer chips. This means less hash/sec. It will take some work on your part to figure out how many SHA cores they can fit.