DIY FPGA Mining rig for any algorithm with fast ROI

[AlphaInterceptor]

Interesting, but would like to see screenshots as well.

[makaancrypto]

More details on where to get hand on these cards?

[vapourminer]

 The intro price (at Avnet) on the VCU1525 is $3995 USD, but it will be going up to around $5K in July.  The Bittware XUPP3R-VU9P crypto version is $5895 USD, and has two advantages over the VCU1525: (1) it has four QSFP28 100G ports so you can daisy chain 4 FPGA's together to mine Xevan at 162MH/s, and (2) it has flexible memory options, so you can install either DDR4 or QDRII+ SRAM; the QDR memory gives way faster hash rates on Equihash vs. DDR4.   I've been in communication with many members of this forum who are already organizing a group buy.

this difference between the vcu1525 and the XUPP3R-VU9P is mainly the better memory option. how much of a difference is this expected to be?

im am so down with this project, i love the fact i can just drop it into my onda board with no mods.. the "just anther videocard" format has me hooked.

[hacko86]

 The intro price (at Avnet) on the VCU1525 is $3995 USD, but it will be going up to around $5K in July.  The Bittware XUPP3R-VU9P crypto version is $5895 USD, and has two advantages over the VCU1525: (1) it has four QSFP28 100G ports so you can daisy chain 4 FPGA's together to mine Xevan at 162MH/s, and (2) it has flexible memory options, so you can install either DDR4 or QDRII+ SRAM; the QDR memory gives way faster hash rates on Equihash vs. DDR4.   I've been in communication with many members of this forum who are already organizing a group buy.

this difference between the vcu1525 and the XUPP3R-VU9P is mainly the better memory option. how much of a difference is this expected to be?

im am so down with this project, i love the fact i can just drop it into my onda board with no mods.. the "just anther videocard" format has me hooked.

Could't we open a telegram/discord for this? there is so much to ask, answer and share...

Let me know if there are at least 3/4 ppl interested i would be in

[costi.kocev]

discord is ok

[vapourminer]

Could't we open a telegram/discord for this? there is so much to ask, answer and share...

Let me know if there are at least 3/4 ppl interested i would be in

im in.

never used discord/telegram before but im sure i can figure it out.

[hacko86]

Could't we open a telegram/discord for this? there is so much to ask, answer and share...

Let me know if there are at least 3/4 ppl interested i would be in

im in.

never used discord/telegram before but im sure i can figure it out.

Just created, give it a try

https://discord.gg/DNBH9bw

[complaininghamlet19]

Could't we open a telegram/discord for this? there is so much to ask, answer and share...

Let me know if there are at least 3/4 ppl interested i would be in

im in.

never used discord/telegram before but im sure i can figure it out.

Just created, give it a try

https://discord.gg/DNBH9bw

Here's the telegram channel:
https://t.me/joinchat/GO2EoBHAL9jUOOjkBQW8og

[vapourminer]

Could't we open a telegram/discord for this? there is so much to ask, answer and share...

Let me know if there are at least 3/4 ppl interested i would be in

im in.

never used discord/telegram before but im sure i can figure it out.

Just created, give it a try

https://discord.gg/DNBH9bw

discord need voice? eeeeew.no thanks, lemme try telegram

EDIT and telegram wants my phone number. bleh. maybe later.

[hacko86]

Could't we open a telegram/discord for this? there is so much to ask, answer and share...

Let me know if there are at least 3/4 ppl interested i would be in

im in.

never used discord/telegram before but im sure i can figure it out.

Just created, give it a try

https://discord.gg/DNBH9bw

discord need voice? eeeeew.no thanks, lemme try telegram

EDIT and telegram wants my phone number. bleh. maybe later.

None of that mate, telegram is account based, not number. And Discord has a public ID where your email is always hidden.

[vapourminer]

None of that mate, telegram is account based, not number. And Discord has a public ID where your email is always hidden.

ok will give it a shot later.

bunch of other stuff on the table for today though.

[rdluffy]

Thinking better about FPGA
This product will be for a few people, mainly on USA and I'm sure big farms will buy a lot of then

[percy_tc]

Thinking better about FPGA
This product will be for a few people, mainly on USA and I'm sure big farms will buy a lot of then

This is available in eu as well. DK-U1-VCU1525-A-G (active cooling) available 9-10 weeks from order date.

[soothaa]

Will be buying and contributing if we can get some proof..

[LTCMAXMYR]

i got the public keccak source and synthesized,not sure whether it can run properly,just evaluation of resources.

i put 24 core and set to 300MHz
so XUVU9P may run  7.2G ,160W power
how can you get 17G?

i can't buy this board personally in my country，and it is embargo on some occasions.



| Device       : xcvu9pfsgd2104-2LV
| Design State : Synthesized
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Utilization Design Information

Table of Contents
-----------------
1. CLB Logic
1.1 Summary of Registers by Type
2. BLOCKRAM
3. ARITHMETIC
4. I/O
5. CLOCK
6. ADVANCED
7. CONFIGURATION
8. Primitives
9. Black Boxes
10. Instantiated Netlists
11. SLR Connectivity and Clocking Utilization
12. SLR Connectivity Matrix
13. SLR CLB Logic and Dedicated Block Utilization
14. SLR IO Utilization

1. CLB Logic
------------

+-------------------------+---------+-------+-----------+-------+
|        Site Type        |   Used  | Fixed | Available | Util% |
+-------------------------+---------+-------+-----------+-------+
| CLB LUTs*               | 1137440 |     0 |   1182240 | 96.21 |
|   LUT as Logic          | 1137440 |     0 |   1182240 | 96.21 |
|   LUT as Memory         |       0 |     0 |    591840 |  0.00 |
| CLB Registers           | 1729977 |     0 |   2364480 | 73.17 |
|   Register as Flip Flop | 1729977 |     0 |   2364480 | 73.17 |
|   Register as Latch     |       0 |     0 |   2364480 |  0.00 |
| CARRY8                  |     434 |     0 |    147780 |  0.29 |
| F7 Muxes                |     131 |     0 |    591120 |  0.02 |
| F8 Muxes                |       0 |     0 |    295560 |  0.00 |
| F9 Muxes                |       0 |     0 |    147780 |  0.00 |
+-------------------------+---------+-------+-----------+-------+

[DigitalCruncher]

i got the public keccak source and synthesized,not sure whether it can run properly,just evaluation of resources.

i put 24 core and set to 300MHz
so XUVU9P may run  7.2G ,160W power
how can you get 17G?

No, it is not enough.

I can make a 24 cores and 550 MHz with 0 WNS slack, probably 600 MHz. But it is less than 17G anyway. My ego is hurting.

[nsummy]

This is a interesting topic! Cant say i like it too much considering i have 8x 1080 ti on the way lol
But il just have to hope it does not become a too big success for a decent amount of time. Cant buy the FPGA as im in Europe, or il have ot use Digikey if that works

You are not alone, but the fact that these are not kept in stock scares me the most. It could take forever to have them without a group buy.

I suggest again, someone in US could buy for Europe and ship (with escrow even from a trusted member of this forum if possible)

If anyone is interested let me know, i'd like to discuss further

I am guessing they are not in large stock is due to the fact Xilinx made these to be for development purpose. When the engineer is happy with his design then it goes to production with highly specialized custom board for their specific needs.

That is correct.  The same thing with a lot of SoC boards out.  They are literally made as sample.

[nsummy]

If you can show us the screenshots of your miner hashing at these rates, then I will pull the trigger and place an order for eight of these units.

For $35,000 why not fly out and meet, see it for yourself, or something of that nature?

Because he doesn't have that much money to spend on these to begin with.  No one demands proof and then spends that kind of dough by simply seeing a screenshot.  The heavy hitters already know what sort of capabilities are out there.

Oh please spare me.

I’ve been tracking and renting these VU09P FPGAs ever since Amazon AWS had them for rental. They are currently renting for approximately $0.50/hr (f1.2xlarge -> 1 FPGA) and $4.00/hr (f1.16xlarge -> 8 FPGAs). So far, it hasn’t made any sense to actually purchase one vs renting for what I use them for.

But if someone had an FPGA bitstream which made renting these FPGAs less desirable, then purchasing would be preferred.

By the way, requesting evidence even something as trivial as a screenshot, doesn’t imply that someone is lying.   

That makes sense.  My comment was a little harsh but there are so many boombastic posts on this board from tire kicking newbies that claim their mining budget is $50k yet don't even have a working rig.  I think OP summed it up nicely at the end of us post:  "if you are serious I suggest a VU9P board.  If you are skeptical then I suggest just waiting until someone else you know has an FPGA rig up and running and you can make a decision then."

The good thing is that this is a software solution, not some asic pre-order.  Much easier to take a wait and see approach.

[LTCMAXMYR]

i got the public keccak source and synthesized,not sure whether it can run properly,just evaluation of resources.

i put 24 core and set to 300MHz
so XUVU9P may run  7.2G ,160W power
how can you get 17G?

No, it is not enough.

I can make a 24 cores and 550 MHz with 0 WNS slack, probably 600 MHz. But it is less than 17G anyway. My ego is hurting.

it is max clock 725MHz in datasheet , x24 core =17.4G
 but the power may be 386W

[DigitalCruncher]

i got the public keccak source and synthesized,not sure whether it can run properly,just evaluation of resources.

i put 24 core and set to 300MHz
so XUVU9P may run  7.2G ,160W power
how can you get 17G?

No, it is not enough.

I can make a 24 cores and 550 MHz with 0 WNS slack, probably 600 MHz. But it is less than 17G anyway. My ego is hurting.

it is max clock 725MHz in datasheet , x24 core =17.4G
 but the power may be 386W

It is possible to get close to max clock of the trigger, may be 0.9*fmax.
The power should  be about 180-200 W.