Ok, that changes my outlook on the project, I had read elsewhere that building a "quick and dirty" image should take a couple of days I suppose if thats not the case then I'm not likely to find anyone interested in collaborating with the above mentioned proof of concept then.  . Shame I can't make use of the devices I have access to.....

Understand, but if you happen to have some hanging around doing nothing at zero cost 

Hi, I'm looking at what could be done with a serious FPGA,  seems to me there are lots of projects and products out there based on cost effective devices or generic platforms for obvious reasons but what if we had available far more exotic FPGAs, any FPGA gurus out there able to or care to speculate or simulate what could be done with a BIG Virtex2 or big virtex7 -  on sheer scale alone if you can get 200M/H from a 150K Spartan with 2cores you could fit 20 - 25 cores in a 2 million gate Virtex7 or 100 cores in an 8million gate virtex2. Any thoughts? Are we talking 2, 4, 10GH?

Hmmm. I'm new to this but it looks to me not worth it unless you got in early enough to make some profit and re-invest in serious hardware already. 

Works for me!

Used it a few times, served its' purpose for me  .

Hi, Would appreciate a leg up to full access. No trollster here, looking for some expert opinions on custom hardware, seem to have laid my hands on a big Virtex7 board, need opinions on potential performance etc.etc.etc.

Hi, Introducing myself and trying to decide if I'm too late to jump on this band waggon! Also looking for some expert FPGA opinions.