I've got a small collection of blades running overclocked, 24/7/365, no issues. Make sure you run the proper gauge of wire (16ga minimum) and the it's secured properly.

Actually, Cointerra showed its prototype awhile ago, with the FPGA code being executed without issue--the same method KNC and others have used to build a foundation for the chip. I've talked to the owner and, like KNC, I fully back Cointerra. KNC delivered just as I knew they would, and I know Cointerra will also.

One of KNC's greatest strengths was their bevy of engineers who teamed up with globally-known OrSoc. Cointerra's similar strength is the design/engineer team, all former AMD folks who brought you our famous mining GPUs.

IMO, Cointerra is the US equivalent to KNC. I would definitely purchase Cointerra equipment right now if I had the spare cash. They have 1TH and 2TH units, and the best part is, these are being introduced as underclocked. Similar to KNC, you will realize even higher gains when the end of production comes around. With watercooling, you should be able to OC a bit more than the KNC units.

I would love to be working for these guys right now, would gladly relocate for the right salary lol. Sleepless nights working with computer equipment? yes please.

Positive feedback: My 4th order with them, was fully funded in less than 90 seconds.

I was just thinking the same thing, I have no way to quickly move USD into an exchange to buy BTC.

It was likely to fast-track the development/delivery. They were on a razor-thin line to make deadlines and literally cut it by seconds. Delays, even on the software side, would've thrown everything awry. I doubt they didn't want to work with the cgminer team at all, merely they sidestepped the plan at the time. Considering the team will get equipment at some point somehow, it wasn't likely to try and avoid them. Merely, deadlines mattered more.

In some work I've done in the past when it came to deadlines, it was simply easier for me to take something into my own hands and make sure it was checked-off, rather than hand it off to the person it was designated to in the first place. Revisit it in the future, without a doubt.


One clue we were given is they were making, on average, 1.4W/gh. It doesn't mean they were limited solely to 500gh or 600gh either. I'd imagine, especially since the chips have built-in failover, you could get much more provided you worked around providing it more power. The machines are using 860w PSU's. Just like with a AM Blade, more power, up the clock = more cycling.

Lol, it truthfully sucks more people don't look into the numbers this way. I've maintained for awhile that difficulty is going to get stupid. For some reason, folks believe KNC only had a few orders. The magnitude of their actual order quantity is going to send them into shock. Kano's numbers are extremely conservative compared to reality.

The most profitable mining is occuring at this very moment. It's all downhill once the UPS trucks arrive at folks' doorstep around the world.

BFL isn't a major player anylonger, even with the few large miners they have to ship. The Monarch isn't a reality for awhile, aside from the lack of tapeout success, they haven't worked out the heating issues and are already projecting higher power consumption (lolz).

He already said it takes less than 2 minutes to build a Jupiter, which is what a lot of us presumed to begin with--it's just plugging together modular items. Board, board, cable, cable, etc.

Hahaha.. yeah, it was like that but far worse. More like a paint agitator, as the fan was mounted to a shelf and everything started rattling and sliding off. The best part was instictively my hand shot toward the fan to catch the screwdriver--luckily my self preservation gene kicked in, and I staved off any slicing and dicing.

LOL.. I had something similar happen this past week, dropped a screwdriver, it bounced lateral into an open-faced fan, broke off a blade at 5,000rpm.. which was not fun.

I doubt they would provide official numbers on a product they're going to release which would then be heavily scrutinized against said numbers, without verifying their data so they don't end up with a foot in their mouth.

Yeah BFL is about to end up dead in the water. As lots of us said before, the Monarch was likely a pump for cashflow to keep them going until they could figure something else out. They claimed their unit was in R&D far longer than KNC's, but all theyv'e done are give super loose estimates and a generic 3D rendering. Sounds like it hasn't been in R&D that long at all, or their engineering team sucks ass.

While it's always been possible to physically fit 600GH into a PCIe card factor, cooling has always been the issue. With monster heat pipe setups such as is on the Jupiter, I would love to see what BFL is coming up with to solve this.

Cash pump.. cash pump.. and they're hoping they can figure out a product for delivery. No refunds possible, no product available, proof they're changing the terms/conditions on current preorders and adding on fees after they've been fully paid.. who's to say they won't do this for the Monarch?

Anyone with this knowledge who willingly gives money to BFL with any expectation of honest business practice has to be beyond salvation mentally. I look forward to buying my Monarch second hand for super cheap. Another coffee-table relic.

Make sure he doesn't change the terms/conditions and shipping price, as he's been doing with some other orders lately, increasing the cost after the items have been paid for, and holding them for 'ransom' until the customers pay the extra costs.

Not trying to be a jerk, but this is beginning to happen to BFL orders in waves right now. Just a warning. And it will happen /after/ the item can't be cancelled.

Well this was a pretty fun catchup to read this morning. Congrats to the KNC team, this is really exciting. I haven't bought any KNC equipment, I'm just really psyched to see them pull this off. Looks like my 600GH tipoff from 20 pages back was accurate too! I like when my predictions are accurate lol.


The number of KNC units sold is huge... huge.. 5 digits huge. It's not unlikely we will see an instantaneous diff change if these things ship out in droves. Double? Who knows, but we're finally entering one of the straightaway upward points on my difficulty prediction chart. To say it would be ongoing would be false, but to doubt the possibility of it drastically increasing/doubling would be a wager I wouldn't place.


I like the visual presentation; I would warn you that you're skewing your results favorably. Factor in a 10% variance for real-life/oh-crap situations and you'll have the most realistic numbers possible. Instead of 550, run it at 495.


This was discussed before. I'd predicted they would use a connector from the PSU since it already provides 5v. In the video, the only cables running from the Jupiter were the PSU power cord and a cat5 cable. I would suspect my theory is correct in that the PSU is providing the 5v--though I'm sure they'll let us know for sure once things ship.


I wouldn't say it's so much 'bad news' per-sé as it is that by the time these other units ship, KNC owners will have mined the majority of what their systems will mine without loss for its lifetime. It's not as if all these OEMs are shipping at once, it's going to come in waves. My bet is on the bold ones to be seen as the next major players, especially the latter as it has some high-level well-known engineers. I know some folks have some fears, but I suppose we'll see.

Patience even

> 600 GH oc capabilities? Is that what I picked up from the hints?

Would be awesome to have a webcam setup there..

Almost as if my calculations a few pages back were spot-on for how many their production line could do.. nice.

So did Dave get back to you in time?

Off topic but, I'd love to call dibs on the girl in the foreground..!