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Title: Can we make Avalon based ASIC? Post by: mrspencer on April 29, 2013, 11:05:41 PM How difficult it is to make an Avalon based DIY ASIC?
Do forgive me for sounding like a newbie - I tend to think of DIY as plug&play as long as you could find the right components & firmware - and I really want to know what would be the biggest challenge towards making a 50Gh/s + miner based off Avalon? :) Because it possible to buy Avalon based ASIC chips, it should be in theory possible for DIYers to make miners today - but is there anything preventing it from being done today? What you could find today: 240 or 320 Avalon chips (282MH/s Avalon chips) TP-LINK WR703N PDU (should be easy to make?) Extra parts: connector, fans, PSU, cooling It's said that "communication protocol, reference board design provided in early May" for the DIYers - so basically the only thing the DIYers are waiting for is: Control Unit (very challenging part?) https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/4/41/Avalon-modular-4.jpg :) I've got a feeling I've over-simplified by a large margin - and left many important difficulty out - and would appreciate if someone could point some direction! Title: Re: Can we make Avalon based ASIC? Post by: mitty on April 29, 2013, 11:54:37 PM These guys are attempting it:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179769.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=190731.0 Title: Re: Can we make Avalon based ASIC? Post by: Hiroaki on April 30, 2013, 12:07:19 AM Do you want to design a new chip "ASIC" or design a miner from the avalon chips (0,282 GH/s) ?
Title: Re: Can we make Avalon based ASIC? Post by: mrspencer on April 30, 2013, 12:08:19 AM Do you want to design a new chip "ASIC" or design a miner from the avalon chips (0,282 GH/s) ? Design a miner from the avalon chips (0,282 GH/s) :) Title: Re: Can we make Avalon based ASIC? Post by: Hiroaki on April 30, 2013, 12:09:36 AM ah okay, as above, that is what many people try to do at the moment. burnin, us, etc. DIY
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