Raspberry Pi $25 PC - Could we run GPUs/FPGAs on this?

[DeathAndTaxes]

Where do you guys get 6970 gets 683 GFLOPS. 

6970 has 2.7 TFLOPS of floating point computational power and a 7970 is ~3.8 TFLOPS.

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[bulanula]

Where do you guys get 6970 gets 683 GFLOPS. 

6970 has 2.7 TFLOPS of floating point computational power and a 7970 is ~3.8 TFLOPS.

WOW. Did not realize the difference between a 5870 and 7970 was that big.

Now that you look at the TFLOPS and MHash/s it really does look like the 7970 is almost 1.7 times faster than a 5870 due to the much better overclocking ability of 28nm GPUs.

[DeathAndTaxes]

Where do you guys get 6970 gets 683 GFLOPS. 

6970 has 2.7 TFLOPS of floating point computational power and a 7970 is ~3.8 TFLOPS.

WOW. Did not realize the difference between a 5870 and 7970 was that big.

Now that you look at the TFLOPS and MHash/s it really does look like the 7970 is almost 1.7 times faster than a 5870 due to the much better overclocking ability of 28nm GPUs.

Yeah AMD integer performance took a nose dive with the new architecture.  The 7970 simply puts up respectable numbers by brute force.

[Global BTC]

I see you need the model B, $35 to get ethernet.

Not really. You can get a USB ethernet adapter for less than $4, or a USB wifi adapter for $8.

USB Ethernet $3.57

Wireless-N USB $7.96

Dropping the extra $10 to get it built in might give you higher quality components though.

[DeathAndTaxes]

I see you need the model B, $35 to get ethernet.

Not really. You can get a USB ethernet adapter for less than $4, or a USB wifi adapter for $8.

You got drivers to support that on the ARM platform?

[Global BTC]

Good point. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's probably not worth the hassle to save $6.

[pieppiep]

Type B has 2 usb ports, type A only one.
The dubble usb port count is also worth something

[Gabi]

Where do you guys get 6970 gets 683 GFLOPS. 

6970 has 2.7 TFLOPS of floating point computational power and a 7970 is ~3.8 TFLOPS.

It's the double precision compute power

6970
2.7 TFLOPs Single Precision compute power
683 GFLOPs Double Precision compute power

[BkkCoins]

Where do you guys get 6970 gets 683 GFLOPS. 

6970 has 2.7 TFLOPS of floating point computational power and a 7970 is ~3.8 TFLOPS.

It's the double precision compute power

6970
2.7 TFLOPs Single Precision compute power
683 GFLOPs Double Precision compute power

It's my understanding that Bitcoin doesn't use floating point anyway - only integer. So unless the gpu architecture is the same any comparison is likely apples to oranges.

[aaa801]

Ok, ima get one of these, but i dont have a fgpa to hook it upto for testing,  :/

[RoloTonyBrownTown]

Ok, ima get one of these, but i dont have a fgpa to hook it upto for testing,  :/

That's OK, I do    By the time you get your Pi delivered you may as well (it'll be a little while yet).

[shivansps]

So if we are looking for trouble why not use a OpenWRT supporting router with USB port to run the FPGAs? haha...

[P_Shep]

So if we are looking for trouble why not use a OpenWRT supporting router with USB port to run the FPGAs? haha...

Done

[Timbo925]

If you don't want to wait to try it. I'm selling my freshly arrived pi here: https://bitmit.net/en/trade/i/2481-raspberry-pi-model-b/description

[Garr255]

I have experience running large amounts of FPGAs on what might be called an underpowered machine. I wouldn't plan on hosting more than five boards with this, but that is a very rough estimate.

[film2240]

I'd love to know how to setup an FPGA with the raspberry pi so I can finally get a really cheap and low energy PC for getwork tasks while delegating the actual mining to the FPGA.I'd like a clear walkthrough with pics if someone has managed as well as which OS they used on the Raspberry Pi.