Manipulation, it's their last chance to grab up cheap shares.

Based off of this document (pg 9-10), here are the supposed specifications:

Example 2.4PH 1.2MW Mining Container (ASICMiner Gen3)

● 6 tanks per container, 200kW-240kW each
● 400 boards each tank, 500W per board, 2,400 boards total
● Equivalent to 600 4U boxes
● Shipping container footprint instead of 60 racks in high density facility
● 2-3PH/s at estimated hashrate (based on reports from China24)
● No thermal throttling, possible performance increase to be tested with actual hardware
● Fixed and predictable cost, no matter if fully or only partially populated

So for those who can afford/access 1.2 MW, they may be able to franchise with ASICMiner. Keep in mind that the only "franchisees" so far have been board members, though it's likely to expand to other parties via contract.

EDIT: Fixed link

I notified Jutarul about this on the 15th and he said that he would consult friedcat about this. Now knowing that 850k chips are on the way, friedcat may be really busy for the rest of the month. Jutarul will post more about this once he gets more info.

The last dividend distributed was on March 30th. As for updates, read Jutarul's latest post.

And assuming that ASICMiner decides to just stop ordering chips after June.

That's under the assumption if they sold ALL the chips, which is not going to be the case. There's going to be at least 3 PH/s for mining in the datacenter, plus whatever is used for decentralized mining.

Unless I misread something, of course.

Huzzah! Winter is nearly over!

So its about 10.9 million chips @ 10 GH/s = 109 PH/s

All I was trying to say was due to the sudden rise of BTC, someone sold their shares because they are under the impression that they can more BTC by trading BTC:USD (in the next couple days) and buy them back, as opposed to just holding AM shares. This is all merely speculation.

Indeed and if you look closely, it occurred about the same time as BTC broke 500 USD (which last occurred at the end of March). Someone wants to play with the exchanges.

Despite the claims of "Intel", compare the pictures in the OP with the scenes in the video.

Here are more pictures for comparison: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=346134.0

The Intel brand was probably used for "credibility's sake", should 3M decide to market this to non-BTC Mining data centers. Granted this is all speculation so we'll just have to wait and see.

While they did mention Intel, those are shots of the AM data center.

Check out these stills that were released in November.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByWHHc0u_thNSWhHS18xM2ZXSUU

Correct me if I'm wrong but those are the same places.

Yea, I've corrected it but then I've taken down the chart. In my enthusiasm, I hastily plugged in numbers in an excel sheet incorrectly. I'll wait until they have final specs up.

Damn it, my calculations were off. Misread that and I'll make corrections as necessary. Sorry all.

It's from The Genesis Block and I'm aware that all other numbers are purely hypothetical. The only solid numbers from that chart are the ROCKMiner blade, based off of initial tests.

I'll take a look at it, I basically copied the data from The Genesis Block and from Rockxie's initial tests post. I'll reiterate that all numbers from the chart are purely hypothetical, with the exception of the ROCKMiner blade (based off of initial tests).

For those wondering comparisons with the competition:

Note: "Efficiency" is comparing the the ROCKMiner test blade with all other hardware. Data was obtained from The Genesis Block. ROCKMiner blade is only after very few, unoptimized tests. It is subject to change.

EDIT: Here are the updated numbers, please let me know of any more issues. Sorry for the confusion all.

EDIT2: I've taken down the chart. I'll repost it again when they have the final specifications. I apologize for any issues.

For those wondering comparisons with the competition:

Note: "Efficiency" is comparing the the ROCKMiner test blade with all other hardware. Data was obtained from The Genesis Block. ROCKMiner blade is only after very few, unoptimized tests. It is subject to change.

EDIT: Here are the updated numbers, please let me know of any more issues. Sorry for the confusion all.

EDIT2: I've taken down the chart. I'll repost it again when they have the final specifications. I apologize for any issues.

According to this, it's will be 6 months by April 27th. With that said, I do agree that friedcat should provide some more info by the end of April at the very latest.

Ok, I'll bite: Would you prefer if there were just streams of intermittent "non-updates"? That friedcat would just log in and post meaningless updates and rough approximations every week, only to comeback to retract and provide new approximations? Because that's what other ASIC companies do and their customers seem to be "happy" with it. Those who've been around long enough know that he'll post when there is something substantial to post. You've seen the documents/pictures and read posts from third parties, draw your own conclusions from there.

Now with that said, I do agree that BitFountain would largely benefit by having a larger staff who could deal with these things but then they'd have to do background checks and etc. They would need proper procedures in place to ensure that their trade secrets aren't leaked. Will BitFountain have to deal with these issues eventually? They better if this project/business is meant to be long term. Right now, they're focused on chips and deployment and not PR. For now, it appears that the vast majority of the shareholders (myself included) are content with that.