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This thread relates to the project that i am starting. The aim is to build a framed timeline that has every bitcoin asic chip ever fabricated and publicly released.

I am currently in the process of stage one. This is collecting as many different chips as i possibly can. I will be organising every chip into a frame with information on each chip. The picture at the top of the thread will be the kept up to date with the current progress of the project. I will be documenting the whole process of the building of the frames.

I am looking for recommendations/ideas. Has anyone done something like this before?

If you have any chips listed below please contact me if you are willing to sell them.

I am hoping to build two frames and auction one off for charity if i am able to collect enough chips and the interest is high enough.

Chips i have, are crossed out. Ones i need are not.

Avalon A3256 130nm
Avalon A3255 55nm
Avalon A3233 40nm
Avalon A3222 28nm
Bitfury V1
Bitfury V2
Hashfast Golden Nonce I ONLY HAVE ONE OF THESE IF YOU HAVE ONE AVAILABLE PLEASE CONTACT ME
Cointerra GoldStrike 28nm
Butterfly Labs 65nm
Butterfly Labs 28nm
BlackArrow Minion 28nm
Innosilicon A1 28nm
Bitmain BM1380 55nm
Bitmain BM1382 28nm
KnCMiner 28nm
KnCMiner 20nm
ASICMINER BE100 130nm
ASICMINER BE200 40nm
Spondoolies-Tech Hammer 40nm
Spondoolies-Tech RockerBox 28nm

SCRYPT:

Innosilicon A2 28nm
Gridseed
Dragon

So far i would like to thank:
MrTeal
Spondoolies
Thresher

For helping me with the sourcing of chips.


Other threads relating to this project:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=647810.0 ([WTB] ALL ASIC AND FPGA BARE CHIPS)

reserved for updates on chips

reserved for updates on frame build.

Actually doing sort of the same idea but using a shadow box with a lot of the stuff still on boards and some chips.

Personally I have
KNC x2 (One with the IHS removed)
KNC Controller Board (Wanted for the little quote on it)
Avalon2 (Boards and chips)
AntMiner S1 chips/boards
BitFury v1 Chips
Blackarrow Minion Chip
A1

Still need many more though :(

You've got me thinking maybe just removing all the chips so I won't need as much room.

I've been following your post in the forsale section which got me going as well.  Can't wait to see the end result.

Good luck with finding them. It is tough finding some bare chips such as bitmain/knc etc as they where not really ever sold as just chips. I think the aspect of using the boards is a good one but i feel it would take a way from the chips themselves and would also take up a lot more room. I am hoping to do the same thing with USB miners next if i can get this completed. Good luck with your project i would love to see how it is going feel free to post some pictures in this thread if you want.

Do you mean you are making a picturing frame for each individual chip, then just displaying it with the info?  Or is it a re-purposing of the chips to function as a frame??

Putting each individual chips together into one big frame then displaying the chip information in beside the chip.

Be aware that Bitmain is now about to ship its Gen 2 chips.

I don't have any chips to donate but I really like your idea. Maybe you can create Bitcoin logo from all chips and then add description above -beside - below each chip.

Good luck  :)

Oh nice, seems like a cool project. Good luck in your chip hunt!

Nice project! I am sure that in 50 years these will be very valuable.

I like this project, you can harvest chips from older miners by popping them into a reflow oven, since I think all of the are smt.

I have a minion chip I can get you.

Thanks i have sent you a pm.

I was sent some avalon Gen 3 chips from Thresher. Thanks for them. I have updated the thread.

I've got an old K16 Klondike that has the 1.2 volt core chip burnt up,you want it ?? Maybe you can pull the Gen 1 Avalon ASIC's off it.

I can send just the PCB or the heatsink & fan with it  ;)

I have sent you a pm.

Sent it back!!!  :D

Awesome idea! I'm looking forward to see how this turns out.

Just to get pendantic on chip / manufacturer names, e.g.:
ASICMINER BE100 130nm
Bitmain BM1380 55nm
Bitmain BM1382 28nm
Butterfly Labs 65nm
Butterfly Labs 28nm     ;)
KnCMiner 28nm
KnCMiner 20nm
Innosilicon A1 28nm
Spondoolies-Tech Hammer 40nm

... you get the drift, official spellings. I think it is helpful to add the node size since some chips don't seem to have a part number (e.g. BFL, KnC).

For ASICMiner, there are only currently two chips out:

Gen 1: 130nm @ 336MH/s (No longer in production)
Gen 3: 40nm @ 10-12 GH/s (Currently produced)

Gen 2 was never produced.

Thank you for your recommendation. I have updated the post.




Thanks for the information. Post updated.

Bump i am still looking for any available chips.

I am still working on this. I have some fpga chips on the way. If anyone has done spare chips I would be greateful if you can send me a pm with the chip model and the price you're looking for it.

Thaks

I have a handful of dead USB Block Eruptors, i could de-chip and send them to you, they are the be100, unless you want the whole things?

Alrighty then!

time to revive this old post.


Here is 4 of them
https://i.imgur.com/btHB43T.jpg?1
all yours Beastlymac

i'll send a PM too

Is this still a thing? I have buckets of BE100 chips but it looks like that's taken care of already. I've also got some Sierra and Habanero which, if I can't get 'em working, could supply some Golden Nonces. The only Avalon 1st-gen chips I have unattached are also exploded from a hot-shorted VRM.

What news of this project?

Hmm, no communication? Beastlymac? last message from them was January 08

Any update??

That could be a really nice piece for a bitcoin museum!  ;D

The project is still in works. It has been under a bit of a hiatus as I have had some issues and not been active in anything related to btc in a while.

The chips that are collected:
Hashfast Golden Nonce
Spondoolies hammer (Donated by Spondoolies)
Innosilicon A1
BFL V1 65nm
Bitfury V1 and V2
Avalon A3233


I am also planning on using boards from the S1 and S3 (as I have a S3 lying around and buying a S1 should be relatively cheap.

I have updated people who have offered chips or sent other messages in regards to the project.

Thank you all for your support.


I also plan to use a few of the prototype boards for the Nanofury USB miner that VS3 was kind enough to send me for a similar project that is also in the works.

https://i.imgur.com/uGOhxvB.jpg

Glad to see this is still an active project :)

I would recommend some small frames that can be individually labeled, rather than a single frame, as individual frames allow for greater room of expansion, different exhibit styles (yup, I'm an optimist and think that in due time the history of Bitcoin makes it into museum exhibitions), etc.  But collection is probably the hard part for now, short of buying up miners and desoldering the chips.

I know you've already effectively got the BitFury Rev 1, but perhaps it would be a nice challenge to collect the three major styles?  I.e. next to the 'β / 5 Ghash', also get the BioInfoBank and CCCP ones.

I was just going to say that some of those boards look very familiar :)

I forgot if I sent you any of the actual prototypes - I think I have one or two NF2s that I might let get another home... ;)

Cool project idea!

I have the Cointerras, no idea how to separate from the board without damaging them though.

In lieu of a rework station, a hot air gun or hot plate will do.  The solder should melt long before the chip would be physically damaged.  Remove as much thermal paste as possible.  Plenty of other components on those boards you can practice on :)  Check out YouTube, search for 'desolder BGA' to get some idea of approaches.  I'd heat from the bottom even if using a heat gun, just because it's a pretty big chip carrier and it'll probably be easier to get the solder balls molten if heated from the bottom, rather than through the package.

sand in a fry pan set to medium high even? let it sit for a bit till you can poke a screwdriver at it and make it move with ease?

That's pretty much the hotplate approach, with the sand providing a more even heating field given frying pans' proclivity to warping.  Those reading this: use an old frying pan you're not going to use for cooking - some of the chemicals released are pretty nasty.  Won't kill you outright, but will certainly provide a little extra flavor that you could do without.

Giving this thread a nudge.  Beastlymac, a few more for you to collect:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/ASIC