FPGA MINING?

[Aabel]

Maybe you should check this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Butterfly-Labs-Bitforce-BFL-Jalapeno-Pre-Order-3-5Gh-s-Bitcoin-Miner-ASIC-/251137750996?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a78f9f7d4#ht_730wt_1141 . Looks promising. Still in preorder stage though.

this is seems to be a some bit of scam. why not to order direcly from BFL... 6000 orders is NOTHING for the ASIC production....

Yeah, only developing ASIC takes time and money. As soon as the chip is ready you can produce them fast and at low price. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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[kjj]

There are up front costs, and then per run, per wafer and per chip costs.  The fabs are rarely totally transparent with them, preferring instead to give quotes like "X for the first 1000 chips, Y for each subsequent thousand", or whatever.

Assuming that there are no errata, Y should be much lower than X.  If there are errata, and they can't be fixed with blue wire, you might be back to step 1.

[strideynet]

Thanks everyone!

[WITRcenter]

 If investing in FPGA nowadays, we should consider whether the FPGA sellers have plan for you to upgrade to ASIC rigs.