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Title: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: poon-TANG on October 11, 2012, 05:29:55 PM Not looking too good for the Oct/Nov release of the ASIC units. If they are barely shipping the Aug FPGA orders.
Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: SgtSpike on October 11, 2012, 05:33:11 PM I wouldn't be surprised if there are very few FPGA orders after August, and they are scaling down production of them to match the remaining demand.
Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: Desolator on October 13, 2012, 04:39:17 AM You know, one page on their website says they'll be out in October, another used to say Nov/Dec, yet another says Oct/Nov, and another asks themselves if they'll come out in October then answers it :P
Our ASIC based products ranging from 4.5 GH/s to 1,500 GH/s are currently scheduled for availability in November, 2012. ----------------------------------------------- So will the BitForce SC product line REALLY come out in October? This is a fair question. Let's review our track record. If you're not aware, our initial product, the BitForce Single had a slow delivery cycle. (that's about all the further you need to read that paragraph, lol) ----------------------------------------------- Butterfly Labs, INC. is accepting pre-orders for ASIC based products, expected to begin shipping in late October or early November 2012. Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: squid on October 13, 2012, 04:56:12 AM You know, one page on their website says they'll be out in October, another used to say Nov/Dec, yet another says Oct/Nov, and another asks themselves if they'll come out in October then answers it :P Our ASIC based products ranging from 4.5 GH/s to 1,500 GH/s are currently scheduled for availability in November, 2012. ----------------------------------------------- So will the BitForce SC product line REALLY come out in October? This is a fair question. Let's review our track record. If you're not aware, our initial product, the BitForce Single had a slow delivery cycle. (that's about all the further you need to read that paragraph, lol) ----------------------------------------------- Butterfly Labs, INC. is accepting pre-orders for ASIC based products, expected to begin shipping in late October or early November 2012. My personal expectation is no ASICs anywhere until Q1 2013 Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: regular on October 13, 2012, 05:30:43 AM The asics and FPGAs are probably released at different manufacturing process/facilities. It is likely safe to say that delay on the FPGA doesn't mean asics are behind too.
Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: Desolator on October 13, 2012, 03:19:39 PM According to pics I've seen, the actual chips come from somewhere else but they are assembled and tested at BFL's main labs. I've seen pics of them working on those 2-chip FPGAs and inspecting them and stuff. They say assembly and testing of the ASICs will happen at the same time too.
Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: squid on October 13, 2012, 04:33:12 PM According to pics I've seen, the actual chips come from somewhere else but they are assembled and tested at BFL's main labs. I've seen pics of them working on those 2-chip ASICs and inspecting them and stuff. They say assembly and testing of the ASICs will happen at the same time too. I would hope that BFL is going to at least hire temp workers to help with assembly upon ASIC release. Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: 420 on October 14, 2012, 01:20:18 AM WHY NOT show a video example of one of these jalapenos at least mining
Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: Desolator on October 14, 2012, 08:04:10 AM WHY NOT show a video example of one of these jalapenos at least mining mostly because, according to BFL, they don't even have a prototype yet (totally not true!!!) Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: 420 on October 14, 2012, 08:08:43 AM why do you believe they have a prototype
Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: bigasic on October 14, 2012, 08:09:42 AM umm, I ordered 10 singles with sc upgrades on mid August order and i received them 3 weeks later (the regular singles)..
Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: Desolator on October 15, 2012, 01:28:43 PM why do you believe they have a prototype When a phone, xbox, camera, tablet, etc is brought to market, they all have a prototype in their hands by 2-3 months before the ship date. You don't just start reviewing it and testing it 2 weeks before it's released to customers. That's just not how device design works and BFL knows that. So they definitely have working prototypes and have for a while now. Btw here's Josh from BFL in a video explaining what BFL bought as far as assembly equipment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT-smMzg54k dunno what a pick and place machine or skin whatever or oven is, but they have one :P Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: creativex on October 15, 2012, 04:44:49 PM A pick and place machine is for rapidly placing surface mount devices on PC boards with precision. It's a must for any kind of in house scalable production.
A reflow oven is used to reflow solder on surface mount devices. Also a necessity for BFL if they intend to build the boards themselves in the near future, as in after their first "batch" as I understand their position at present. Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: Aseras on October 15, 2012, 08:30:04 PM why do you believe they have a prototype When a phone, xbox, camera, tablet, etc is brought to market, they all have a prototype in their hands by 2-3 months before the ship date. You don't just start reviewing it and testing it 2 weeks before it's released to customers. That's just not how device design works and BFL knows that. So they definitely have working prototypes and have for a while now. Btw here's Josh from BFL in a video explaining what BFL bought as far as assembly equipment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT-smMzg54k dunno what a pick and place machine or skin whatever or oven is, but they have one :P You do realize this is the actual proof they don't have a prototype and will not ship on schedule? If they had even a semi working prototype they'd be whoring it out all over the place advertising it. Just like they did for their preorders and news releases and laughable assembly equipment. Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: SysRun on October 15, 2012, 09:10:17 PM Maybe so, but I'm getting ready to say RIP 832MH/s Single... and here's proof. :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdiZvtUGbSc There's quite a bit more information from BFL than last time around, but time will tell. Title: Re: BFL is shipping out August FPGA orders Post by: 420 on October 15, 2012, 09:49:39 PM Maybe so, but I'm getting ready to say RIP 832MH/s Single... and here's proof. :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdiZvtUGbSc There's quite a bit more information from BFL than last time around, but time will tell. last time their specs and cost were reasonably levelled (1ghash/s turned out to be 832mhash) |