Topic: [ANN]UltraMiner FPGA is Live on Indiegogo! (Read 1408 times)

2/28 Update:
We have placed a order for 10 Xilinx FPGA sample parts to build the first batch of Ultraminer prototype boards! We also received a loaner KCU116 FPGA evaluation board from Xilinx, to be used for algorithm development, design reference and accurate power estimation. We have great work ahead of us!

HI Everyone, Agilmine is back!  

After months of planning and hardworking, We are happy to announce that today we have officially launched the Ultraminer FPGA miner campaign on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo! As some of you may know we are bunch of developers/hobbyists who had previously built a prototype fpga universal miner board named "Agilmine A1" which had already been sent to some forum members for verification. People loved its simplicity, easy setup and power efficiency. This time we are going to upgrade the design with Xilinx UltraScale+ Kintex KU3P which is from Xilinx's top-line 16nm process chip family. This is the highest performed and most power efficient FPGA series you can find in the market. You should expect 1.5-2x performance boost than Agilmine A1 prototype at about the same power consumption (20-25w). That is about 1.5x hash performance than a GPU, at only 1/10 of GPU's power consumption.

Indiegogo pre-order price of UltraMiner FPGA: $399

Please do check out our campaign page and website see if you like to support, or pre-order!
If we didn't meet the goal before campaign ends or we won't deliver, you will receive full refund from Indiegogo.

https://igg.me/at/ultraminer

* Please be noted that since "Crypto" is prohibited on Indiegogo (or any other crowdfunding platforms..). We are only allowed to campaign for a generic FPGA dev board there *
The information regarding cryptocurrency mining, including the estimated hashrate and power consumption can be found on our website page

www.agilmine.com

Estimated hashrate table:


All the mining algorithm bitstream files will be free to download, 0 dev fee, and we will provide some open source design framework to boost the 3rd party algorithm development on ultraminer platform.

Our mission is to make a FPGA miner that is accessible and affordable to every miner/enthusiast/hobbyist in the crypto community, which in our believe would benefit the decentralization and hence the long term prosperity and diversity of cryptocurrency industry.

Our plan is to deliver this board in 3 months! We have already locked down the price terms with Xilinx USA, and arranged the manufacturing factories in China and USA to build this miner for you. If you have specific questions or concerns please do let us know!

Thank you for the time!

We are here to answer questions and concerns. You can reach us via email and on discord as well.
[email protected]
Discord: https://discord.gg/R36gzXM
Mailist Product Update: http://[Suspicious link removed]/dMfjhQ

1. For mining, you don't; it is reserved for FPGA hobbyist to use it in "normal" application
2. The RAM is not included, depending on the application, you may chose different mem card (size, speed)
Note that our current mining algos don't need external memory

Any chance you will add support for Grin before all the ASICs hit?

1. For mining, you don't; it is reserved for FPGA hobbyist to use it in "normal" application
2. The RAM is not included, depending on the application, you may chose different mem card (size, speed)
Note that our current mining algos don't need external memory

Interesting card, will keep my eye on this and maybe order one

Two questions after looking through the specifications:

1. Simple USB only connection for mining, no need to mess with PCIe
What do you mean? Does it need to be put in a PCIe slot or not?

2. DDR4 260 pin SODIMM socket (170Gb/s max bandwidth, 32GB max capacity)
Is any ram included or do we need to add it to the card?

Thanks!

Estimated hashrate table:

just got a pm

here it is in its entirety .

I normally keep pm's private but this is an exception> I did a screen shot to keep it not doctored.
I have tested a sample of  the older gear and I am willing to try and help with this one.
First testing a sample and second trying some kind of escrow setup. If all goes well.

I will not be screenshotting  every single pm or email for clarity but I always try to be as transparent as I can be.

FPGA's for the most part have had issues coming to market

we all know the squirrel acorn mess
and there was another scammer out there.

So lets see if we can do this better then they did.

we have already had many mining algorithms coded in our spare time, matter of fact, if you check my previous threads philipma1957 had already verified the functionality on our A1 fpga board. it wouldn't be costly for us to populate them and share with customers. the real cost is the hardware, and to be able to sell enough boards so xilinx can provide us the fpga chips at the desired low price. xilinx usa can provide a disclaimer if necessary.

if we don't deliver, me myself and my team will still be held responsible for what had happened, we keep everything open and nowhere to hide. there is always risks as we have stated in the campaign page as well. but we have been doing this for years, we deem it is low risk.
Thanks

free?
you know when someones says.. it looks too good to be true..?

and there will be no recourse for buyers if you don't ship, because it's indiegogo.
seems like something "too good to be true"

we will be providing free mining algorithms for the ones listed on the table, when the fpga ships..
our priority will be to deliver the ultraminer fpga board to our customers, so before that happens we probably have no time working on 3rd party programming contract. thanks.

And will you offer programming service on these please ?

cost to programme a single gate?
cost to programme two algos?
cost to programme multiple algos?