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gica_contra

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Quote from: digitalindustry on April 29, 2013, 07:53:06 AM

6. makes me wonder why a Corp like ATI or even Nvidia owners (or a 100 others) have not cottoned onto a PCIe device as of yet?

strange free market capitalism quirk.

How many units do you think would sell compared to video cards? 1%? 5%? Costs of R&D for a big corporation are 1 or 2 orders of magnitude higher than for a small one because they want their product to work in 99.999% of the use cases rather than 99%.

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Quote from: DaCash on April 29, 2013, 08:45:31 AM

digitalindustry , i think this is excellent idea! Why relevant pro's have not yet made device based on some crypto acc, like http://www.st.com/web/en/resource/technical/document/data_brief/DM00038836.pdf . Or did they? Roll Eyes

you poor guy, OK just show me where Joe Six pack can buy that ?

and yes Joe Six pack essentially matters in a market, any market , if you are unsure about that just head on over the FOMC meeting and have a listen in.

to simplify that , the market is a market of humans so humans matter in the market.

you also might want to check out the history of Long Term Capital .

( i will resist the eye roll)

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This is more than likely the beginnings of a scam.

I base this on nothing but gut instinct, but I've read this whole post. I also clicked on janislee's name and read what he's posted elsewhere.

He seems nothing but sincere, and intent on being more professional than BFL. Anytime someone posts something that sounds even remotely serious about following through on a LTC FPGA he's right there offering all manner of technical input to the OP.

I think I'm in.

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Simran is someone who didn't even understand why getting the cheapest PSU for a mining rig is a bad idea let alone test an FPGA for LTC.

This is more than likely the beginnings of a scam.

Simran has nothing to do with the development of jasinlee's LTC FPGA, as far as I know, other than maybe demo'ing one and posting here about them before jasinlee wanted him to. So don't see the relevance.

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digitalindustry , i think this is excellent idea! Why relevant pro's have not yet made device based on some crypto acc, like http://www.st.com/web/en/resource/technical/document/data_brief/DM00038836.pdf . Or did they? Roll Eyes

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Quote from: saddambitcoin on April 25, 2013, 11:48:37 PM

Quote from: jasinlee on April 25, 2013, 11:14:48 PM

Quote from: Starlightbreaker on April 25, 2013, 11:11:24 PM

and i can assume you made it already?

Made does not mean its production worthy yet.

How about you post how we can make our own FPGAs ourselves?

Totally agree and I'd like to comment on a point a previous poster made about mining with the device themselves:

1. I think he had a totally relevant point.

2. this is a free market so all encouragement to anyone mining with their own developed device.

3. significant advantages still exist with Scrypt because FPGA are more assessable than a ground up ASIC.

4. I always claimed that past a unit price point BTC would become a sovereign mined currency /sovereign/large institution.

5. Scrypt can and will make distribution more accessible - even if it means FPGA becomes the next biggest DIY event in history.

6. makes me wonder why a Corp like ATI or even Nvidia owners (or a 100 others) have not cottoned onto a PCIe device as of yet?

strange free market capitalism quirk.

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It also depends how much you pay for power...

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Its as easy as 0, 1, 1, 2, 3

Quote from: dan99 on April 29, 2013, 12:52:13 AM

Quote from: msm595 on April 29, 2013, 12:50:47 AM

Quote from: johnmatrix on April 29, 2013, 12:46:15 AM

The fpgas wast good for bitcoin and will not be good for ltc

I hesitantly agree. My 7950 is $0.5/khash, so I'm not quite seeing the incentive for litecoin FPGA right now.

couldn't agreed more..

You seem to have forgotten the starting point part Tongue

the optimizations would go from there. I would not want to consider anything that did not at least have that as a starting point, and then move to a lower $ per khs ratio. Anything higher on the $ per khs ratio would make the ROI too high. Essentially, I would not want to release any production units that were not able to match at least that ratio.

But obviously if the initial ratio does not suit someone they should probably not invest. I will not give out unrealistic estimates to the public. Under promise, over deliver.

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Quote from: msm595 on April 29, 2013, 12:50:47 AM

Quote from: johnmatrix on April 29, 2013, 12:46:15 AM

The fpgas wast good for bitcoin and will not be good for ltc

I hesitantly agree. My 7950 is $0.5/khash, so I'm not quite seeing the incentive for litecoin FPGA right now.

couldn't agreed more..

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Quote from: johnmatrix on April 29, 2013, 12:46:15 AM

The fpgas wast good for bitcoin and will not be good for ltc

I hesitantly agree. My 7950 is $0.5/khash, so I'm not quite seeing the incentive for litecoin FPGA right now.

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The fpgas wast good for bitcoin and will not be good for ltc

WishIStartedSooner

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Quote from: jasinlee on April 28, 2013, 11:49:10 PM

1$/khash should be a reasonable goal for any initial start, then obviously progress from there.

*salivates*

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Its as easy as 0, 1, 1, 2, 3

1$/khash should be a reasonable goal for any initial start, then obviously progress from there.

WishIStartedSooner

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im really excited about this cause this is a "next big thing" that im actually going to be able to afford to get in on in time.

at least i think.

any idea how much for one of these?

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Defo up for one of these.

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Do the FPGA miner come out? any further info about Jasinlee's project?

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Its as easy as 0, 1, 1, 2, 3

We had discussed it with unthinkingbit on the outset. But it was outside the range that DVC could support at the time for project costs. But you have a good point, it might not be outside that realm now that DVC has grown so much since last year.

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Since you it seems working on free open source hardware, I hope you are on the DeVCoin receivers lists for that? Or at least that your team is, or somesuch?

-MarkM-

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Its as easy as 0, 1, 1, 2, 3

When we have completed production units, that is exactly what we are going to do, I think I mentioned it elsewhere as a white paper.

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Quote from: jasinlee on April 25, 2013, 11:14:48 PM

Quote from: Starlightbreaker on April 25, 2013, 11:11:24 PM

and i can assume you made it already?

Made does not mean its production worthy yet.

How about you post how we can make our own FPGAs ourselves?

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