DIY FPGA Mining rig for any algorithm with fast ROI

[senseless]

https://github.com/sprocket-fpga/FPGA_Mining_AWS

I tossed some up as well. I will be putting more up later.

https://github.com/sense-it/rtl

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[COINKING7]

Is there any way too get in on the VCU1525 Bulk Order?

I was getting my ETH ready and honestly missed the boat by a few hours.

FPGAland says sold out.

I want the 3,600 dollar option.

Can I still get 1 or will there be another order? If so when would the ship date be?

Thanks,

Andrew

[m5]

Is there any way too get in on the VCU1525 Bulk Order?
I was getting my ETH ready and honestly missed the boat by a few hours.
FPGAland says sold out.
I want the 3,600 dollar option.
Can I still get 1 or will there be another order? If so when would the ship date be?

They said that the next batch will be in 2019. No more batches this year. But you can still buy the original card from Xilinx if you are a company. However they seem to have longer lead times now...

[sidzkosic]

Is there any way too get in on the VCU1525 Bulk Order?
I was getting my ETH ready and honestly missed the boat by a few hours.
FPGAland says sold out.
I want the 3,600 dollar option.
Can I still get 1 or will there be another order? If so when would the ship date be?

They said that the next batch will be in 2019. No more batches this year. But you can still buy the original card from Xilinx if you are a company. However they seem to have longer lead times now...

It seems back in stock now at fpga.land

[dragonmike]

*********** UPDATE JUNE 2/2018:  The 64KH/s hash rate is mostly likely fake.  GPU_Hoarder has achieved 22KH/s which is the true hash rate for CN7*************

@GPUHoarder, can you share more info on 22KH/s CN7?

yes we want to know about 22KH/s on CN7 or its also fake or we can go beyond this to achieve 64kh.?

22KH/s is at over 300W iirc. So if you push that card to the max, that's what you might achieve... at the risk of melting it.   In the other thread they advertise 14KH/s@150W I think... which would make sense.

[sidzkosic]

Did anybody programmed these FPGAs with OpenCL? I'm thinking getting into it but I don't know if there's any performance advantage of VHDL over OpenCL.

[Hydols]

Is there any way too get in on the VCU1525 Bulk Order?

I was getting my ETH ready and honestly missed the boat by a few hours.

FPGAland says sold out.

I want the 3,600 dollar option.

Can I still get 1 or will there be another order? If so when would the ship date be?

Thanks,

Andrew

There is a waiting list. If cancellations happen this week (and will be) you might have a chance. Write to sales@squirrelsresearch.com and good luck.

[remeron]

Is there any way too get in on the VCU1525 Bulk Order?
I was getting my ETH ready and honestly missed the boat by a few hours.
FPGAland says sold out.
I want the 3,600 dollar option.
Can I still get 1 or will there be another order? If so when would the ship date be?

They said that the next batch will be in 2019. No more batches this year. But you can still buy the original card from Xilinx if you are a company. However they seem to have longer lead times now...

Next batch is 2019??
Oh no... 

[rem26]

Read through this thread and i think it's great what you guys are trying to achieve, however you have to realize some/most of us will remain skeptical until we at least see these units in action, with actual real world numbers posted for everyone to see, hopefully those results/proof will come sooner than later.

The exact same FPGA cards are available in AWS, so it would be trivial to verify it all for one's self, but the end-to-end software stack to do so has not yet been made available.

And expecting people to buy rather expensive hardware without making available the software stack required for public peer review is... bold.

This is what i meant, the hardware is there and capable but at what numbers/hashrates, for that we need the software, hopefully it will soon be out for everyone to see cause as it stands, without the software to mine, these will just be expensive paperweights until the software is released, i do know there's other uses for the specific fpga in this thread but the paperweight comment is for this specific use, as in mining.

You realize there are lots of people mining with FPGAs that don't share it, right?  If you don't understand how they work, and don't have the skills, then wait for these guys to make it available. 

The VCU1525 was for non-mining reasons for a while, and the folks who have been making them run have been doing so for private entities for a while.  They don't feel the need to get in chat rooms and brag about their hash rate.  FPGA's have been mining for much longer than anyone will admit.  Just wait, and when more cards are available in 2019, you can buy one then, and everyone will be using them.

[rem26]

Did anybody programmed these FPGAs with OpenCL? I'm thinking getting into it but I don't know if there's any performance advantage of VHDL over OpenCL.

I have used openCL to do mining (on FPGA), the performance is not impressive.

[icehouse]

Let's say: there are 3 coins C1, C2, C3 and
 their corresponding mining pool are P1, P2, P3
And these theee coins are hashing with the same algorithm H.

Now we bought this FPGA and downloaded the H algo bitstream and miner released
 from whitefire990. Can we configure the miner to mine any of the 3 coins on their pool?

[ilia_2s]

Let's say: there are 3 coins C1, C2, C3 and
 their corresponding mining pool are P1, P2, P3
And these theee coins are hashing with the same algorithm H.

Now we bought this FPGA and downloaded the H algo bitstream and miner released
 from whitefire990. Can we configure the miner to mine any of the 3 coins on their pool?

Yes, your statement is correct. But note that there is no mining software was released for this board.

[icehouse]

Thanks ilia_2s

If it will work, it means as long as that coins has stratum mining pool.
It will works. Correct?

I don't mind to pay dev fee. I m currently mining on claymore nanopool.
Since senseless said, they will burn key into the board.
It means whitefire990's bitstream will be encrypted. I just wondering
Can we run other bitstream from other developers? Which is
Not encrypted by senseless key?

Let's say: there are 3 coins C1, C2, C3 and
 their corresponding mining pool are P1, P2, P3
And these theee coins are hashing with the same algorithm H.

Now we bought this FPGA and downloaded the H algo bitstream and miner released
 from whitefire990. Can we configure the miner to mine any of the 3 coins on their pool?

Yes, your statement is correct. But note that there is no mining software was released for this board.

[vapourminer]

I don't mind to pay dev fee. I m currently mining on claymore nanopool.
Since senseless said, they will burn key into the board.
It means whitefire990's bitstream will be encrypted. I just wondering
Can we run other bitstream from other developers? Which is
Not encrypted by senseless key?

on a bcu1525 programmed with whitefires key, as long as the bitstream does not need someone elses key to run (ie it is not encrypted or does not need a  key at all to run) it will run that bitstream.

[yrk1957]

Have any Alogos been released apart from Keccak?

And has anyone actually got around to using Keccak?

[m5]

Have any Alogos been released apart from Keccak?

And has anyone actually got around to using Keccak?

My card should arrive in 2 days, so I will test Keccak and report back hopefully this as time will permit.

[ilia_2s]

Hello, Guys.

Our company named "Coloco Group" and we are in FPGA-mining for a several years. There are some photos of our hardware. It's based on Xilinx ML605 PCB.
This PCB was replicated by our engineers.

http://i105.fastpic.ru/thumb/2018/0618/fe/_7540a3b0ce23924a9b8b50994f8efdfe.jpeg

I can confirm that dev-kits discussed here (VCU1525, etc.) is a very high-cost solution. Because it was designed only for development purposes. This PCB have a great number of unused elements and many electronic components are very expensive (TI power modules, branded (SAMSUNG, TDK, PANASONIC) passive components (resistors, ferrites, capacitors, etc.), therefore it have a bad ROI, and it does not suitable for mining tasks.

We created a design and ready to manufacture a new version of FPGA-mining device. It will be a Plug-n-Play device, with integrated hashing firmware and control unit with ethernet-port and web-interface. All Boards in one metal box with cooling fans. No additional PC or other equipment needed. We forecast a 2x more powerful hashrate than at VCU1525, and a half total price at the same time!

We will represent our product ASAP, also with a Keccak bitstream for testing, and unlike an OP with a complete mining software for real MaxCoin network.

If anyone has a Verilog/VHDL-editions of any mining-algorithm please contact me via PM or mdc@coloco.biz. We can discuss a dev fee for integration of your algorithm implementation to our board.

[yrk1957]

Hello, Guys.

Our company named "Coloco Group" and we are in FPGA-mining for a several years. There are some photos of our hardware. It's based on Xilinx ML605 PCB.
This PCB was replicated by our engineers.



I can confirm that dev-kits discussed here (VCU1525, etc.) is a very high-cost solution. Because it was designed only for development purposes. This PCB have a great number of unused elements and many electronic components are very expensive (TI power modules, branded (SAMSUNG, TDK, PANASONIC) passive components (resistors, ferrites, capacitors, etc.), therefore it have a bad ROI, and it does not suitable for mining tasks.

We created a design and ready to manufacture a new version of FPGA-mining device. It will be a Plug-n-Play device, with integrated hashing firmware and control unit with ethernet-port and web-interface. All Boards in one metal box with cooling fans. No additional PC or other equipment needed. We forecast a 2x more powerful hashrate than at VCU1525, and a half total price at the same time!

We will represent our product ASAP, also with a Keccak bitstream for testing, and unlike an OP with a complete mining software for real MaxCoin network.

If anyone has a Verilog/VHDL-editions of any mining-algorithm please contact me via PM or mdc@coloco.biz. We can discuss a dev fee for integration of your algorithm implementation to our board.

May I request you start a new thread with this info?

[Vann]

OhGodAGirl gave an interview where she discussed and gave a great overview on FPGA's related to mining. Lots of good info if you are considering FPGA's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvO_Iy2Y0o

[melpheos]

OhGodAGirl gave an interview where she discussed and gave a great overview on FPGA's related to mining. Lots of good info if you are considering FPGA's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgvO_Iy2Y0o

Everyone should watch both part (there are two videos of this interview)
She's great