Actually I suggested to them a couple weeks ago that they might product an FPGA device similar to bitcoin miners. A watt or so into a little USB dingus sure beats 300+ watts into a $1k graphics card. On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 8:28 AM, RussellMc wrote: > > > > > > ... > > Very compute intensive, > > the sim I'm running at the moment isn't highly detailed, and it will > take a > > total of about 16 hours to execute using my Nvidia Titan card. > > > > Could you farm it out to a farm of bitcoin miners at somewhat better > rates > than they are liable to get on average doing mining. > > That started as a 'joke' of sorts, but there are probably many tasks that > would lend themselves to the sort of power that bitcoin miners have in a > distributed network. > And, processing cost would drop when bitcoin values dropped, so you could > save up the more intensive tasks for a rainy bit-coin day. > > > Russell > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .