It looks like I'll have to slog through a series of introductory posts, just to be able to send private messages.
I'm interested in developing bitcoin miners using new cutting edge FPGA's from Xilinx. I am targeting the new Artix and Kintex family, which look like they can hit extremely high MHashes/Watt.
My first trials have been using the VHDL code posted by Olaf.Mandel here: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22426.msg300906#msg300906
I'm targeting 3 parallel cores running at 200 MHz each for a hash rate of 600 MH/sec. The power is phenomenal in the .9V low power part, only 5.2 watts, giving a figure of merit well over 100 MHashes/watt.
These parts are available now in engineering samples, and in full production next year. I'm thinking that a PCIe card built with 4 of these will run about 25 watts, and produce anywhere from 2.5 to 3 GHashes/sec. Nice!
I see that mpfrank has rolled his own pipelined VHDL... http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22415.0 I'd like to try it, but I can't send him a message! Can someone let him know I'd like to try his code on a Kintex?
Xilinx_Guy
P.S. I work for Xilinx, so I can't ethically build or sell my own FPGA miner. But I want to help! Xilinx users can message me for help or advice!
For those who want to keep their VHDL/verilog private, I can execute a Xilinx NDA if you are nervous.
I'm interested in developing bitcoin miners using new cutting edge FPGA's from Xilinx. I am targeting the new Artix and Kintex family, which look like they can hit extremely high MHashes/Watt.
My first trials have been using the VHDL code posted by Olaf.Mandel here: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22426.msg300906#msg300906
I'm targeting 3 parallel cores running at 200 MHz each for a hash rate of 600 MH/sec. The power is phenomenal in the .9V low power part, only 5.2 watts, giving a figure of merit well over 100 MHashes/watt.
These parts are available now in engineering samples, and in full production next year. I'm thinking that a PCIe card built with 4 of these will run about 25 watts, and produce anywhere from 2.5 to 3 GHashes/sec. Nice!
I see that mpfrank has rolled his own pipelined VHDL... http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22415.0 I'd like to try it, but I can't send him a message! Can someone let him know I'd like to try his code on a Kintex?
Xilinx_Guy
P.S. I work for Xilinx, so I can't ethically build or sell my own FPGA miner. But I want to help! Xilinx users can message me for help or advice!
For those who want to keep their VHDL/verilog private, I can execute a Xilinx NDA if you are nervous.
Hey Man,
Are you still around? Would love to chat regarding this topic
It would certainly not be for production use. You guys should really put out a trimmed down chip with just a crapload of LUTs/logic cells, maybe an ADC or two, and a couple PCIe lanes... like the K325 with more logic. I'm sure Xilinx knows its own market better, but the premium chips are are a bit too premium. Just sayin'... 
