Topic: Acorn M.2 FPGA based GPU Accelerator - page 30. (Read 73507 times)

The 2 acorn  is better  for some boards

 the 4 acorn is better for others.

If you have this board

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157801&cm_re=taichi_x399-_-13-157-801-_-Product


it has 3 slots  so it can not do a lot of gpus only 3

add 2  of  2x nests  you can then do 8 gpus


If you have this board


https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138449&cm_re=biostar_b250-_-13-138-449-_-Product


it has  slots  so put the 4 acorn  nest in  and it will work on boosting all the 1x slots.


so the nests work better with different board styles.

makes sense to me.


I would complain  that  the real problem  done with the entire acorn project  was that  they did not build a few dozen  acorns  and give demos of their uses

I did not know whether to buy a 2 acorn nest or a 4 acorn nest.

I purchased a 2 acorn nest and a pair of acorns  to use in this board

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157785&cm_re=taichi_x399-_-13-157-785-_-Product


my board can run 5 cards  right now.

but If I pull a card and add the 2 acorn nest I could do 8   cards    So I did buy the correct one for my board.

 I got bad vibes  with the company's way of demoing the gear.  I took a refund.

I will  now wait for someone else to show a 2 acorn nest running on a x399 taichi  if it seems okay I will try to get some.

I have been doing this game since 2011  well really 2012  and I am tired of the slow roll outs.

I like that they built this.
I like that it may be nice.
I really like that I will let someone else test it out.

Read.
One have a PCI "switch" for communication to GPUs on rises (The USBs) and the other one only communicate over the PCI bus.
Two different products, you choose which one you want.

That doesn’t answer the question of WHY. It says that the 2x has USB ports. And doesn’t say anything about the 4x lacking them. Why does one have it and the other does not? What was the reason for not including them on the 4x? Why are they necessary at all?

Anyone still remember butterfly lab? they mine first before theysent to customers 

http://squirrelsresearch.com/acorn-nest-x2g/

versus

http://squirrelsresearch.com/acorn-nest-x4/

why does the nest2 have 4 USB ports and the nest4 does not?

Entitled. Hardly.  I know you grew up in a time where a family could be raised with one parent working. Guess what retirements failed money schemes etc is by the baby boomer generation is what has this world up in a tizzy. Bankers have more schemes up their sleaves than one can count.  How about the fact that the poorer you are the more they take from you.  Entitled. Yea that triggers me. How about we yank that retirement you think you earned off the backs of stocks that took from someone that had to have lost.  Your gain in retirement has to be someone loss.  Unless one prints money out of thin air.  Anyway I won’t rant on too long.  Had this company provided proper knowledfe of what was going on instead of going quiet then this would have had a whole entirely better outcome.  People in crypto are down right sick and tired of being screwed over. Whether it’s buying during the run up or mining or just being taken for a ride. Those that got really screwed don’t tend to speak up as they don’t want to be embarrassed. .   Remember as the saying goes walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Or in other words had you lived their exact life you would act very similar. Be happy you have enough money to invest more than you can afford to lose life has been good to.  

BR

photos from discord



Note these have not reached the filed for regular users.  these are photos from squirrels ie gpuhoarder

people have received BCUs, acorns are still yet to be delivered i think.

Most refunds asked for were given.

Some shipping of some gear has happened.

But no one has an acorn in hand to demo it mining as of today.

I think by Halloween we will get some acorn field testing shown to.

no one has receive a product.

many of those who requested refunds did eventually get them. refunds probably still in progress, im not sure if they all have been processed.

Good news? Is or not is a scam?

I'm glad I didn't buy in because I would regret having the money tied up.  It is definitely still a product I am interested in and from what I read and view on here, discord, and youtube... these folks can be trusted which is absolutely essential in the crypto space. 

If this were a publicly traded stock I would be a long holder.

Looking forward to progress with product lines.  It has been interesting to observe the current offerings as well as projected products that could be even better.

I got my refund back today, it was almost the same amount but about .005BTC short. I'm just glad they returned my money. It was unfortunate they couldn't release this product on time, but at least some of us can move on.

I've played the waiting game on a few next gen items from small manufacturers. Heck I was even one of the small companies once. Delays happen, orders and their changes can over whelm a work load. It's a common thing.  Back in the early 3D printer days the Replicator 1 had a six month delay and the unit ran like crap upon arrival. But with the community doing and sharing mods it's been a multiple ROI machine for me.

Any new edge tech has risk. The do diligents research for the Acorns and the BCU was simple enough I thought. I jumped in with non essential money fully expecting delays because there are way to many things happening for a smooth time line transition. I also have a good feeling the FPGA thing in general will mature nicely so I'm not expect killer returns straight out the gate.  I'd much rather have a late delivered product that works than a unit I need to return do to a manufacturing flaw that was later fixed.

I thing I am disappointing in is the banter within both this forum and the fpga related discord groups. Oh well, dealing with an entitlement based irrational public is why I retired. Thankfully some out there still step up and push forward with a challenging product. That kind of dedication and talent I admire and that's why I opened my wallet.

More than you would have got with the fpga!

I turned a 3 dollar usd profit.  as .123 the exact amount I paid is worth 796 I think I actually paid 793 and .123 coins

I am also glad that you received your refund. I got a slightly smaller amount in BTC than I paid. It is almost exact amount in $. I lost just a little of BTC but negligible. I paid on Mineority and they gave me me back what Acorn price (in $) was. We can now concentrate on other things.

I tried that just then, hopefully I'll be successful too.😊

Just went to discord and exchanged pm's  with jess they acknowledge they owe  me .123 btc and say it will be paid today. fingers crossed.

update

YESSSS!

0.123 arrives


https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/a05243ff8fab32caf2fc1ba8b06b3d5fd6c2b594841d5be2a97fb7dce7ac20e7