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May 31, 2018, 05:43:06 PM |
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about ready to drop $3995, do we have any updated status on the bitstreams software and availability? Ready to go yet? or is adequate cooling still a hurdle for the VCU1525?
Excited to dabble in the hardware and setting this up, but scared to drop $3995, hoping we have some members running and working with theirs! I guess the product arrival is 30 days out still once order is placed?
thx
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soothaa
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May 31, 2018, 07:04:34 PM |
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Still no real proof?  |
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ruplikminer
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May 31, 2018, 07:06:42 PM |
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about ready to drop $3995, do we have any updated status on the bitstreams software and availability? Ready to go yet? or is adequate cooling still a hurdle for the VCU1525?
Excited to dabble in the hardware and setting this up, but scared to drop $3995, hoping we have some members running and working with theirs! I guess the product arrival is 30 days out still once order is placed?
thx
I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results. |
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basscleff1
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May 31, 2018, 07:44:55 PM |
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awesome, thx! looking forward to that! about ready to drop $3995, do we have any updated status on the bitstreams software and availability? Ready to go yet? or is adequate cooling still a hurdle for the VCU1525?
Excited to dabble in the hardware and setting this up, but scared to drop $3995, hoping we have some members running and working with theirs! I guess the product arrival is 30 days out still once order is placed?
thx
I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results. |
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Ginzink
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May 31, 2018, 09:12:12 PM |
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about ready to drop $3995, do we have any updated status on the bitstreams software and availability? Ready to go yet? or is adequate cooling still a hurdle for the VCU1525?
Excited to dabble in the hardware and setting this up, but scared to drop $3995, hoping we have some members running and working with theirs! I guess the product arrival is 30 days out still once order is placed?
thx
I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results. Well that will be very interesting to see indeed! What i dont get is that the developer of the bitstream cant do the same if it is ready to use? He did say that he wanted to fine tune it first to not show wrong numbers though some time ago i think. |
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GPUHoarder
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May 31, 2018, 09:35:06 PM |
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about ready to drop $3995, do we have any updated status on the bitstreams software and availability? Ready to go yet? or is adequate cooling still a hurdle for the VCU1525?
Excited to dabble in the hardware and setting this up, but scared to drop $3995, hoping we have some members running and working with theirs! I guess the product arrival is 30 days out still once order is placed?
thx
I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results. Well that will be very interesting to see indeed! What i dont get is that the developer of the bitstream cant do the same if it is ready to use? He did say that he wanted to fine tune it first to not show wrong numbers though some time ago i think. Yeah, my perspective is anyone posting numbers of an incomplete project is more interested in bragging rights than real results. |
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May 31, 2018, 09:50:25 PM |
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about ready to drop $3995, do we have any updated status on the bitstreams software and availability? Ready to go yet? or is adequate cooling still a hurdle for the VCU1525?
Excited to dabble in the hardware and setting this up, but scared to drop $3995, hoping we have some members running and working with theirs! I guess the product arrival is 30 days out still once order is placed?
thx
I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results. Well that will be very interesting to see indeed! What i dont get is that the developer of the bitstream cant do the same if it is ready to use? He did say that he wanted to fine tune it first to not show wrong numbers though some time ago i think. Yeah, my perspective is anyone posting numbers of an incomplete project is more interested in bragging rights than real results. Equally a possibility. Mining, like investing, in altcurrencies is a risky business across the board. You can play it safer or you can take the risk and trust people. Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're wrong. For me, personally, this all seems pretty legit, but I've been wrong before and will be again. It's up to you and your head and gut calls.  |
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Longsnowsm
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May 31, 2018, 10:31:15 PM |
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The approach discussed in the article is interesting, but just like we have VM's today you would have emulation for the "extraneous" hardware calls to validate that it is on commodity hardware. In either case I don't see ETH doing anything when POS is it's future, but certainly will give the other communities something to discuss. |
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Mashy81
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May 31, 2018, 11:06:32 PM |
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The approach discussed in the article is interesting, but just like we have VM's today you would have emulation for the "extraneous" hardware calls to validate that it is on commodity hardware. In either case I don't see ETH doing anything when POS is it's future, but certainly will give the other communities something to discuss. POS is ages away. They are only doing hybrid to start with. It will take years to go full POS. They open them selves up for attack once the hybrid system starts. Makes it much cheaper to do a 51%. Anyway that is of topic. Is there any news on the release of fpga software/hashrates anything... |
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s1gs3gv
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May 31, 2018, 11:11:37 PM |
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I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results.
tests of what, running on what ? even if working 'bitstreams' for a VCU1525 are available doesn't really mitigate the not inconsiderable risk of pre-ordering a custom made board manufactured to an unknown design by an unknown 3rd party with an ultrascale+ class FPGA on it. |
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senseless
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May 31, 2018, 11:13:02 PM |
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I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results.
a custom made board manufactured to an unknown design by an unknown 3rd party This statement is inaccurate. |
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s1gs3gv
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May 31, 2018, 11:14:21 PM |
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why ?
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senseless
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May 31, 2018, 11:14:49 PM |
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why ?
I can't say at the moment. But it's incorrect. The whole statement, not just a single part of it. |
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s1gs3gv
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May 31, 2018, 11:15:58 PM |
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why ?
I can't say at the moment. But it's incorrect. The whole statement, not just a single part of it. Are you suggesting that you are organizing a group buy of VCU1525s ? |
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May 31, 2018, 11:28:39 PM
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why ?
I can't say at the moment. But it's incorrect. The whole statement, not just a single part of it. Are you suggesting that you are organizing a group buy of VCU1525s ? This isn't exactly like walking into walmart and buying a vega. We're trying to setup dedicated sales channels so we can provide these boards at low cost to the community. Providing a higher performance, lower power alternative to gpu mining that would be available in the same quantities. And yes, while the price for a single unit may be higher than a GPU - the cost / performance and power / performance ratios would be better. Edit: and yes, I'm aware we haven't posted any figures yet. We're also not taking any money. Give us some time. |
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June 01, 2018, 12:43:34 AM |
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about ready to drop $3995, do we have any updated status on the bitstreams software and availability? Ready to go yet? or is adequate cooling still a hurdle for the VCU1525?
Excited to dabble in the hardware and setting this up, but scared to drop $3995, hoping we have some members running and working with theirs! I guess the product arrival is 30 days out still once order is placed?
thx
I will receive my cards in a few days and post tests, photos, videos and results. Well that will be very interesting to see indeed! What i dont get is that the developer of the bitstream cant do the same if it is ready to use? He did say that he wanted to fine tune it first to not show wrong numbers though some time ago i think. Yeah, my perspective is anyone posting numbers of an incomplete project is more interested in bragging rights than real results. You said that already  |
Ok, I want you to walk back in there and very calmly, very politely tell the risk assessors to fuck off! -Mark Baum
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June 01, 2018, 12:45:14 AM |
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I can't say at the moment. But it's incorrect. The whole statement, not just a single part of it. Well your buddy said it. |
Ok, I want you to walk back in there and very calmly, very politely tell the risk assessors to fuck off! -Mark Baum
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June 01, 2018, 12:54:41 AM
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why ?
I can't say at the moment. But it's incorrect. The whole statement, not just a single part of it. Well your buddy said it. I'm sure you can appreciate the fluidity of an on-going negotiation process. We're trying our best to be as transparent as we can about the entire process without potentially damaging those negotiations or violating any NDAs we may have. Nothing anyone said should be taken as fact until on-going negotiations have been finalized and formal statements made. There are a lot of parties and interests at play here that all have to be focused in a singular direction. Give us some time . Personally, I'm really excited -- I'm hopeful we'll have big news for everyone as early as monday. |
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June 01, 2018, 01:18:08 AM |
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Here are some pics and video of my 8 x Xilinx VCU1525 rig. Each VCU1525 card has one Xilinx VU9P Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGA. Hash rate for the whole rig combined is:
Keccak (Smartcash, Maxcoin): 136GH/s (17GH/s per card x eight) ($160/day at Apr-30 prices)
Tribus (Denarius, Virtus): 16.8GH/s (2.1GH/s per card x eight) ($304/day at Apr-30 prices)
Phi1612 (Luxcoin, Folm): 5.2GH/s (650MH/s per card x eight) ($456/day at Apr-30 prices)
Skunhash (Various coins): 10.4GH/s (1.3GH/s per card x eight) ($261/day at Apr-30 prices)
Those yield around US$20-$57 per card per day ($160-$456 per day for the rig). Each VCU1525 card costs $4000, or $32K for the whole rig. At $160-$456 per day, ROI is 70-200 days depending on the algorithm. I'm not the only one mining with these cards. Apparently some guy in Germany is getting 64KH/s with Cryptonight-V7 on the same VCU1525's, earning him over $100 per day per card or $800+ per day for a whole rig.
I am very excited that we get to see some evidence today, a Xilinx VCU1525 operating at 20x the throughput of an Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti while consuming less than 161 watts of power. |
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