Why is no one developing PCIe ASIC miners?

[Quantus]

I want a PCIe ASIC miner. Some thing in the $400 to $800 range.



 

[Trongersoll]

I want a PCIe ASIC miner. Some thing in the $400 to $800 range.



 

I'd prefer PCI more slots.

[Quantus]

Agreed. Yes anything that can be connected to a mother board and powered off my PSU. It's fact that GPU mining is dead. We should try to take advantage of the old hardware.
Edit: I think there would be lots of demand for some thing in the $500 to $800 range that could replace all those GPUs.

[Stinky_Pete]

Is there an advantage over USB? Surely bandwidth is not a problem?

[pgbit]

Just for info, af ew more comments about this topic on this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=226450.0

[Trongersoll]

Is there an advantage over USB? Surely bandwidth is not a problem?

probably not, but you pack a lot of punch on a PCI board and computers already have fans. in essence, it is just another option. not everyone likes having lots of cables and devices laying around and would prefer to hide it all in their computer case.

[Quantus]

This is copy past from user kendog77 in that other thread

"In theory, it should be easier to put Avalon chips on a PCI-E based card than it is to come up with a complete, standalone mining solution."


I would add its also cheaper for the smaller Bitcoin miner. Clearly there is a gap. And this Gap is growing. You have the $30K units and you have the $100 units. And not a whole hell of a lot between.

[Quantus]

Its about coming out with solutions for each Price point.