06-28-2016, 02:14 AM
The algorithms can be pipelined on FPGA are very fast, such as DES. This kind of crack is much faster than GPU.
However, if a alogorithm can not be pipelined, such as SHA, its speed is much slower than GPU.
I think, so far, hashcat cannot run on FPGA, because FPGA is not like general purpose devices. If you want FPGA help you do something, you must use the tools/SDK provided by Xilinx or Altera to write your own Verilog programs. FPGA's flexibility is very very bad! FPGA development period is very very long!
Recently, Xilinx claims that there is a new tool named SDAccel, and says SDAccel can help people run OpenCL on FPGA. But, it's still shit!
Don't use FPGA for crack! Except you have lots of time and lots of money!
However, if a alogorithm can not be pipelined, such as SHA, its speed is much slower than GPU.
I think, so far, hashcat cannot run on FPGA, because FPGA is not like general purpose devices. If you want FPGA help you do something, you must use the tools/SDK provided by Xilinx or Altera to write your own Verilog programs. FPGA's flexibility is very very bad! FPGA development period is very very long!
Recently, Xilinx claims that there is a new tool named SDAccel, and says SDAccel can help people run OpenCL on FPGA. But, it's still shit!
Don't use FPGA for crack! Except you have lots of time and lots of money!