You're going to have to interface memory with the parallella somehow to be able to mine Scrypt coins with this thing. That doesn't sound like an easy task...
Sounds like a lot of work for possibly very little hash rate. I can't see these things being more powerful than ASICs or GPUs.
Topic: Litecoin mining on the "Now shipping" Adapteva's $100 Parallella Platform (Read 12270 times)
March 12, 2014, 09:06:52 PM
March 12, 2014, 08:53:19 PM
Hi, I was wondering how would I configure cgminer or any miner to work on the parallella computer using ubuntu?
I've ordered a cluster of 4 and I'm awaiting shipping. I think it will be an interesting parallel computer, even if it doesn't become useful as a script miner.
Thanks,
Miner2049
I've ordered a cluster of 4 and I'm awaiting shipping. I think it will be an interesting parallel computer, even if it doesn't become useful as a script miner.
Thanks,
Miner2049
December 17, 2013, 02:18:12 PM
shipping next week.
what is this thing again? like a raspberry pi but with a more powerful cpu?
what is this thing again? like a raspberry pi but with a more powerful cpu?
its CPU is similar to the pi's... the difference is it has a co-processor thats really efficient at parallalizable things...
so... for certain tasks it would kick the pi's(or even your computer's) butt big time but programs need to be written specifically to take advantage of this.
December 17, 2013, 02:06:52 PM
shipping next week.
what is this thing again? like a raspberry pi but with a more powerful cpu?
what is this thing again? like a raspberry pi but with a more powerful cpu?
December 17, 2013, 09:27:04 AM
Helllo. News ?
http://www.adapteva.com/epiphany-multicore-intellectual-property/ ... 256 Cores to 4k Cores ? :O When ?
September 03, 2013, 01:20:44 PM
watching... and waiting my parallella 
September 03, 2013, 01:06:46 PM
so does anyone have anything mining on this?
if yes how?and what to expect?
thanks
September 03, 2013, 11:10:47 AM
What is expected performance?
September 03, 2013, 10:51:40 AM
watching too
September 03, 2013, 10:40:47 AM
Not too bad of a price when the FPGA is $50+/each in bulk, but I doubt the $100 version of this board will be of much use to miners. It comes with the XC7Z010 device w/ 28k logic cells, versus the 150k logic cells in the big spartan 6's. I guess if you get the ARM core to do enough work and are selective about what you offload to hardware, it could be useful. I'd be more interested in the XC7Z020 variant w/ 85k logic cells. Of course those devices are more like $100+/each in bulk. 
Here's another board that uses these chips: http://www.zedboard.org/content/board-functions
EDIT: Heh, I didn't read very closely. I guess the real interesting part of the dev boards in the OP is this: http://www.adapteva.com/products/silicon-devices/
Sounds fun.
Here's another board that uses these chips: http://www.zedboard.org/content/board-functions
EDIT: Heh, I didn't read very closely. I guess the real interesting part of the dev boards in the OP is this: http://www.adapteva.com/products/silicon-devices/
Sounds fun.
I recently ordered one with the XC7Z020, with no particular application in mind -- for example, it's a relatively cheap devkit for the FPGA only, considering alternatives like the Zedboard. There have been lots of $99 boards with just an ARM-based computer, basically beefed-up Raspis; this one is similar but with an FPGA and the Epiphany coprocessor.
I'm guessing the reason it has an FPGA in the first place is a cost-effective way to develop a suitable interconnect for the coprocessor, but in some ways I find the FPGA more interesting in itself
As for mining on the FPGA, I hope nobody is seriously expecting any profit with these...
July 26, 2013, 10:19:07 PM
I heard about this months ago, and when I heard they were shipping, my first thought was also LTC. I'd be curious what it can do. They're only shipping the 16 core version now, but soon have the 64 core version soon.
July 25, 2013, 07:28:08 AM
Sounds promising.
July 25, 2013, 03:50:45 AM
Watching
July 24, 2013, 10:20:53 PM
watching
July 24, 2013, 09:41:54 PM
I ordered one
and got a Tweet from
So it seems useless for Litecoin , you would still need 500 Watts for 500kh/s,
but there's still a little hope on Google`s Summer Camp
http://www.openwall.com/lists/announce/2013/04/28/1
and got a Tweet from
Quote
Solar Designer
@solardiz
I guess you mean Litecoin and not scrypt per se. Ideally, ~5 kh/s on 16-core Epiphany, ~20 on 64-core.
@solardiz
I guess you mean Litecoin and not scrypt per se. Ideally, ~5 kh/s on 16-core Epiphany, ~20 on 64-core.
So it seems useless for Litecoin , you would still need 500 Watts for 500kh/s,
but there's still a little hope on Google`s Summer Camp
http://www.openwall.com/lists/announce/2013/04/28/1
July 24, 2013, 09:23:53 PM
A bit early I think for that one.
July 24, 2013, 09:08:57 PM
Not too bad of a price when the FPGA is $50+/each in bulk, but I doubt the $100 version of this board will be of much use to miners. It comes with the XC7Z010 device w/ 28k logic cells, versus the 150k logic cells in the big spartan 6's. I guess if you get the ARM core to do enough work and are selective about what you offload to hardware, it could be useful. I'd be more interested in the XC7Z020 variant w/ 85k logic cells. Of course those devices are more like $100+/each in bulk.
Here's another board that uses these chips: http://www.zedboard.org/content/board-functions
EDIT: Heh, I didn't read very closely. I guess the real interesting part of the dev boards in the OP is this: http://www.adapteva.com/products/silicon-devices/
Sounds fun.
Here's another board that uses these chips: http://www.zedboard.org/content/board-functions
EDIT: Heh, I didn't read very closely. I guess the real interesting part of the dev boards in the OP is this: http://www.adapteva.com/products/silicon-devices/
Sounds fun.
July 24, 2013, 04:55:18 PM
interesting, but more of an evolution than a revolution like asics were.
July 24, 2013, 03:06:45 PM
I am thinking it might be even more interesting for Primecoin Mining..
July 24, 2013, 12:37:45 PM
Interesting board http://shop.adapteva.com/collections/parallella/products/parallella-16
It can be pre-ordered today (October delivery)
Adapteva has a dual-core ARM A9 CPU and FPGA integrated in one Xilinx Zynq®-7000 series microchip
It can be pre-ordered today (October delivery)
Adapteva has a dual-core ARM A9 CPU and FPGA integrated in one Xilinx Zynq®-7000 series microchip
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