Scope DSP for bitcoin mining...is it possible ?

[Dimitris]

The title says it all...any SDK expert that is a bitcoin (or other cryptocurrency) miner also?
My interest is purely academic thoough...so no rush consolation !
Greetings
Dimitris
P.S. a random article for general info,
http://www.coindesk.com/information/get ... ing-pools/

[petal]

I guess if you had the programming skills and time you could make it happen, but why would you? SCOPE XITE is not that powerful compared to modern graphic cards.

I found this written by Sounddesigner on Gearsluts:

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-c ... ack-4.html

"A UAD Octo has 19.2 GFLOPS a SCOPE XITE-1 has 12 newer third-generation dsp's that add up to around 28.8 GFLOPS plus 6 older dsp's for a total of around 30 GFLOPS but XITE-1 is underclocked around 15% for compatibility with older dsp's so 15% must be deducted from its GFLOPS total, so that put it at about 25.5 GFLOPS total compared to 19.2 for UAD-2 OCTO. The uad-2 OCTO uses newer DSP'S than their Quad/Duo/Solo so its power can reach a little beyond 19.2 wich is what 2 Quads have but the Octo is obviously underclocked for compatibility as well because when you look at the uad plugins instance count chart the Octo does not show a increase in instances from the newer dsp's that would correspond to power increase wich logically means they're underclocked."

So Scope Xite has around 25 GFLOPS compared to Nvideas GFX 980ti 5 TFLOPS - Yes T for TeraFLOPS :

http://www.vrworld.com/2015/05/31/nvidi ... -revealed/

So a GFX that cost around 1000$ will get you 200 times more computerpower than a Scope Xite which will cost you around 4000$.

[garyb]

yep, the XITE is a purpose-built device.

[Dimitris]

We should invent a microcurrency suited for music lovers then...
Thank you for your explanations!
Best
Dimitris

[tlaskows]

I think a stack of FPGAs would be best at this.

-Tom