Acorn M.2 FPGA based GPU Accelerator

[dotachin]

What a useless crap! You better buy another GPU.

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[dsmn]

What a useless crap! You better buy another GPU.

In some situations you get a 3x boost with the acorn another gpu would give you 1x boost, and at a massive power use, the acorn use 15W, im sorry to say it but I thnk youre to dumb to see the advantages here.
This definately aint for your standard newbie miner that dont know shit about the inner workings.

I hear the resale agurement a lot, well guess what noone wana buy your shitty gpu's with fans sounding like they are about to die.
You might offload some of them to some idiots that dont know shit, but then youre a shady person.
I see more resale/reuse potential in the acorn, its a xilinx fpga with quite fast a pcie bus, you can reprogram it to do whatever you want, accelerating all kinds of shit. Be that video encoder, data processing, bruteforcing, you name it.

[dragonmike]

Could a NestX2G be plugged into the M.2 slot?
My mining mobos' PCIe slots are all full.
-.-

EDIT: I'm also still waiting on Acorn CLE-101 load figures for CNv1 and Ethash. I'd like to know how many GPUs one Acorn could boost (and at what rate). We only have a meaningless approximation on the SQRL website currently.

[vapourminer]

What a useless crap! You better buy another GPU.

feel free to do so.

i am after power efficiency. acorns allow higher hashrate with a slight increase in power consumption. it should extend the useful life of my existing cards.

seems a no brainer to me. but of course we will have to wait and see what actual numbers we get on the various hardware and algos. yes ive sen the charts but i always take those with a grain of salt. my hash numbers and killowatt will tell the real tale.

i have a 101, two 215+ and a 2x nest coming, for a 7 card rig.

[philipma1957]

well my order is still not corrected  paid for but marked cancelled

I was able to find a good deal on some rx 560's  but  I won't buy a dozen  only 1  due to the order below not  being corrected.


see below  note the blue high lighting

[Longsnowsm]

well my order is still not corrected  paid for but marked cancelled

I was able to find a good deal on some rx 560's  but  I won't buy a dozen  only 1  due to the order below not  being corrected.


see below  note the blue high lighting

Any particular reason to chose the RX560's Phil?  You haven't gotten any updates from gpuhoarder on getting this mess fixed?  Looks like the order system is chaos at squirrels.

[philipma1957]

well my order is still not corrected  paid for but marked cancelled

I was able to find a good deal on some rx 560's  but  I won't buy a dozen  only 1  due to the order below not  being corrected.


see below  note the blue high lighting

Any particular reason to chose the RX560's Phil?  You haven't gotten any updates from gpuhoarder on getting this mess fixed?  Looks like the order system is chaos at squirrels.

I found a deal 99 bucks for a new rx 560

I got this email


Re: [#200409] Re: Your SQRL order confirmation
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 1:00 PM
From:
"Squirrels Research Hardware" <support@squirrelsresearch.com>
To:
phil...........hoo.com
Hi Philip,

I'm happy to help and thanks for your patience. We looked up your order number and see that it is in fact canceled. We will look into getting this canceled purchase reversed and you will not lose your spot in line. We will reach out when we have a solution to correct this. Thanks again for your patience and we will reach out when we can get this reversed and provide further instructions if needed.

Best,
Beau H.
Senior Support Analyst
@AirParrot | @ReflectorApp | @TryDitto



On Fri, Jul 13 at 8:47 PM , PHILIP A......... <philip............oo.com> wrote:
I know you are busy today. I had difficulty getting orders done and paid with coin payments. I did get one order in and it has been paid so I hope it will simply be marked paid. and not canceled.. This is order number 000000482 and as of now it is marked canceled.


Pdf have been attached

I am sorry for the confusion but coin payments was very difficult to work with.

Thanks again,

Philip A.........


--------------------------------------------
On Fri, 7/13/18, Squirrels Research Hardware <support@squirrelsresearch.com> wrote:

Subject: Ticket Received - [#200409] Re: Your SQRL order confirmation
To: philip.......o.com
Date: Friday, July 13, 2018, 6:37 PM


   

Dear PHILIP A...........,



Thank you for
contacting our support team. You should receive a reply from
one of our support representatives soon! We strive to answer
all emails within 24 hours if possible. At peak times, our
response may be a little slower, but stick with us! We will
get back to you as soon as possible.


In the meantime, many problems
can be easily resolved. Check our knowledge base for answers
to common questions! http://help.airsquirrels.com


If you need your license key resent,
please visit https://store.airsquirrels.com/license-key-lookup/.


To view the status of the ticket (Ticket
# 200409) or add
comments, please visit
http://help.airsquirrels.com/helpdesk/tickets/200409


Thank you for your

patience.

Sincerely,
Squirrels LLC
Team

[styleshifter]

Some people from Germany here who want to buy Acorns?
Maybe we could do a "Sammelbestellung" to save shipping costs 

[shaninium]

Some people from Germany here who want to buy Acorns?
Maybe we could do a "Sammelbestellung" to save shipping costs  

They will refund buyers on a portion of the high shipping fees once they sort it all out

[styleshifter]

Some people from Germany here who want to buy Acorns?
Maybe we could do a "Sammelbestellung" to save shipping costs  

They will refund buyers on a portion of the high shipping fees once they sort it all out

But it's still 75 $ at the moment.
Plus import tax...

[dannyprats]

Hi folks..

Is there any kind of proof of this? video? review? benchmark? ..at least a picture / screenshot?

[shaninium]

Some people from Germany here who want to buy Acorns?
Maybe we could do a "Sammelbestellung" to save shipping costs  

They will refund buyers on a portion of the high shipping fees once they sort it all out

But it's still 75 $ at the moment.
Plus import tax...

You can wait until they fix shipping prices in a week or so, and hope they dont sell out.

[SerpentXSF]

Well, I took a leap of faith that (GPU Hoarder) and the SQRL Research team will come through.
I would buy a standalone FPGA but at $2000 +, I can't afford to right now. I noticed though on the SQRL Mineority site they do offer the Standalone FPGA for around $3000 when that wasn't there before. I believe that the technological growth due to Crypto mining, will open doors for more DEV's and engineers to bring more software and new hardware that can improve, not just mining, but many technology sectors. However, we will have to wait and see. I wonder if the SQRL miner software will come with each Acorn FPGA, or if we need to reconfigure them, what software to use? That I will have to learn, but in due time, I am interested in the overall idea and package so just going to roll the dice. It wasn't hard for me to check out, nor did it take long to get confirmations, but that may be because people before me had such a hard time, they might have worked out some of the kinks in the ordering process. That doesn't mean you won't experience any, but just know this is a risk you are taking. You just need to figure out if it is a risk you feel is worth taking or not. Good Luck

[grendel25]

so I think they do 15 or 16 mh at 15 to 17 watts stand alone

They do not unfortunately, GPUHoarder just confirmed it in Discord. They can provide boost, but they need a GPU to do some of the work.

well I have gpus.  but to be clear the acorn 215+  is not capable of stand alone mining?

Not x16r.
The only algo so far I have heard GPUHoarder mention that the Acorn could be used for standalone mining is Keccak. There will probably be more, but that's the only one for now.

after a careful look

that seems to be the case.

however

1 x2g nest  should give a boost to 2 1080ti's

of   76%  and use 32 watts


1080ti   1.94x   +13%   100%   1.76x   +16%   44%

so 40  mh and 400 watts  add the x2g and go to

70mh  and 432 watts

so if you have a z170 board with 2 1080tis'  and add 770 worth of acorns

you go   up decently

40 mh 400 watts  2x1080ti's
70mh  432 watts  2x1080ti's plus the x2g with a pair of acorn 215+

Since:
I don't need cards  
I dont need  mobos
I don't need ram
I don't need psu's

the choice of adding a 600usd  used 1080ti  

vs adding this 770usd  2 acorn nest   is easy enough

Philipma, based on information from the Seth Estrada interview with GPUhoarder, I thought this seemed inaccurate "1 x2g nest  should give a boost to 2 1080ti's"   What I got from the video is that the X2G Nest loaded with 2 acorns could fully accelerate 4 GPUs and this is because of the onboard pice switch in the X2G.   Maybe he misspoke or maybe I misunderstood but I watched that part 3 times in awe of what I was hearing.

[philipma1957]

so I think they do 15 or 16 mh at 15 to 17 watts stand alone

They do not unfortunately, GPUHoarder just confirmed it in Discord. They can provide boost, but they need a GPU to do some of the work.

well I have gpus.  but to be clear the acorn 215+  is not capable of stand alone mining?

Not x16r.
The only algo so far I have heard GPUHoarder mention that the Acorn could be used for standalone mining is Keccak. There will probably be more, but that's the only one for now.

after a careful look

that seems to be the case.

however

1 x2g nest  should give a boost to 2 1080ti's

of   76%  and use 32 watts


1080ti   1.94x   +13%   100%   1.76x   +16%   44%

so 40  mh and 400 watts  add the x2g and go to

70mh  and 432 watts

so if you have a z170 board with 2 1080tis'  and add 770 worth of acorns

you go   up decently

40 mh 400 watts  2x1080ti's
70mh  432 watts  2x1080ti's plus the x2g with a pair of acorn 215+

Since:
I don't need cards  
I dont need  mobos
I don't need ram
I don't need psu's

the choice of adding a 600usd  used 1080ti  

vs adding this 770usd  2 acorn nest   is easy enough

Philipma, based on information from the Seth Estrada interview with GPUhoarder, I thought this seemed inaccurate "1 x2g nest  should give a boost to 2 1080ti's"   What I got from the video is that the X2G Nest loaded with 2 acorns could fully accelerate 4 GPUs and this is because of the onboard pice switch in the X2G.   Maybe he misspoke or maybe I misunderstood but I watched that part 3 times in awe of what I was hearing.

you may be correct  they are much more informed then I am.

I got 1 more email today saying they are working on my canceled order of 1 x2g nest and 1 acorn 215+

still not fixed.

if they fixe it I will end up with a loaded  x2g nest as the 1 acorn 215+ ordered from mineority seems to be correct.

so 1 nest +  1 acorn

and  1 acorn


    should be a start for me hoping for them to square it away very soon.

[Elder III]

We placed two orders for Acorns on the first day (one of them within the first 10 minutes) and both of our orders went through with no problems so far.  That was one with crypto and one with ACH.

[SerpentXSF]

They dropped the prices on the CLE-215 model, not the plus, after I already sent $299 worth of crypto..... don't spend the $30 all at one! lol well that sucks I should have waited a bit longer but wanted to get in the August batch. @GPUhoarder my order is not connected to my account, so I just not worry about it? I assume we will be notified when the August Batch is sent out?

Order # 227

You will find my information on the order, and my account match, just not connected.

[fvineyard]

If you send them an email they can link the order to your account.

support@squirrelsresearch.com

Worked for me.

[grendel25]

you may be correct  they are much more informed then I am.

I got 1 more email today saying they are working on my canceled order of 1 x2g nest and 1 acorn 215+

still not fixed.

if they fixe it I will end up with a loaded  x2g nest as the 1 acorn 215+ ordered from mineority seems to be correct.

so 1 nest +  1 acorn

and  1 acorn


    should be a start for me hoping for them to square it away very soon.

Ah, I see.  Good luck with your order.  I'm sure they will get it all sorted for you.

[philipma1957]

I could not get  coin payments on my mac to work.

Older browser may be why.  when I finally got it to work on the fourth order it took the coins.

So a pop up from squirrels appeared and said  you already have 3 unpaid for orders  so we cancelled the fourth one.

popup appeared after coinpayment took the coin on the fourth order.

Really pissed as I missed the August cutoff due the the first orders not working.

I moved from pc to pc until I went to a mac with high sierra and chrome which did work.

the order from mineority worked on the older os and browser.



As for the Squirrels website I am not a fan of a system that will auto cancel an order after receiving a btc payment.  they should fix that.

it should have canceled first and not taken the payment at all.

and if it auto cancels it should leave a trail there is zero evidence since it was a pop up and here today gone in a flash message.