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January 09, 2013, 08:55:05 AM
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this really reminds me of tom's post that he also licensed (or something along that line...) that he also sells his chip to another company.

hiccups with tom = hiccups for bfl.

inaba pretends to be all pissy with tom, when actually bfl "sourced" the same "chips" to tom.


hmmmmmmm.

/tinfoil

I could imagine Josh being pissed at Tom whether Tom stole BFL's thunder as a re-seller...or simply muscled in on a particular niche in the ecosystem of fraud.

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By way of brainstorming about a potential vanishing act for BFL, here's a possibility:  They could say that they themselves were scammed by a supplier.  They were strung along and had to spend a bulk of the pre-order money.  Then it turned out that the vendor was actually a scammer who was also scamming others (like Tom) and everyone should feel sorry for them after they tried poured their souls and a lot of their own money just trying to help the Bitcoin project prosper.


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January 09, 2013, 09:14:12 AM
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this really reminds me of tom's post that he also licensed (or something along that line...) that he also sells his chip to another company.

hiccups with tom = hiccups for bfl.

inaba pretends to be all pissy with tom, when actually bfl "sourced" the same "chips" to tom.


hmmmmmmm.

/tinfoil
Only that Tom has no chips and never had them.

I've written that before somewhere:
The only way I think the ASIC wet dream can become true is if there actually is a working SHA-256 chip available. This would be from a third party supplier and  all the current "ASIC outlets" would use in their products the same way you can buy different brands of RAM while the chips are produced at a few places around the world. They just assemble the modules.

If they finaly are released and arrive we could/should do some reverse engineering with the chips. There is a company that does that for you (They sand of the package and stuff --> http://www.chipworks.com)  
Yes, however apart from realizing that they all use the same chips there wouldn't be not much we can do with it.

The thing that strikes me with BFL/bASIC & co is that it seems they took preorders before actually sourcing the chips. The thing is there are plenty of SHA-256 ip cores available but none of those are in silicon, they are just designs. So what it seems now is that they got ahead of themselves and dreamed up a product based on a non-existing solution.
That alone would be fraudulent if it isn't a straight out scam from the beginning.
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January 09, 2013, 09:37:20 AM
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this really reminds me of tom's post that he also licensed (or something along that line...) that he also sells his chip to another company.

hiccups with tom = hiccups for bfl.

inaba pretends to be all pissy with tom, when actually bfl "sourced" the same "chips" to tom.


hmmmmmmm.

/tinfoil
Only that Tom has no chips and never had them.

I've written that before somewhere:
The only way I think the ASIC wet dream can become true is if there actually is a working SHA-256 chip available. This would be from a third party supplier and  all the current "ASIC outlets" would use in their products the same way you can buy different brands of RAM while the chips are produced at a few places around the world. They just assemble the modules.

If they finaly are released and arrive we could/should do some reverse engineering with the chips. There is a company that does that for you (They sand of the package and stuff --> http://www.chipworks.com)  
Yes, however apart from realizing that they all use the same chips there wouldn't be not much we can do with it.

The thing that strikes me with BFL/bASIC & co is that it seems they took preorders before actually sourcing the chips. The thing is there are plenty of SHA-256 ip cores available but none of those are in silicon, they are just designs. So what it seems now is that they got ahead of themselves and dreamed up a product based on a non-existing solution.
That alone would be fraudulent if it isn't a straight out scam from the beginning.
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Why aren't we seeing some of the "pissed of preorder costumers" filing a case against BFL?
--> I know.... its greed to get a unit before others.

What i can't understand is why someone would order from them in the first place (especially now with al the delays) ....
Secondly i hope that old FPGA customers come to there senses, that sending in their precious units is highly risky ...

To Chips:
If we know the ip core we enable others to hitchhike on the asic train to release real competition Smiley

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January 09, 2013, 10:10:47 AM
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So they show up at CES without a single working device. Not even a Jalapeno -> not even one working ASIC chip.

Um, you never produce "one" ASIC chip. If they had one, they would have thousands, and they would have already shipped. I feel like I'm repeating myself...
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January 09, 2013, 01:10:30 PM
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So they show up at CES without a single working device. Not even a Jalapeno -> not even one working ASIC chip.

Um, you never produce "one" ASIC chip. If they had one, they would have thousands, and they would have already shipped.

I never said ASICs are produced by the piece.

But you can have a test wafer (with a couple hundred chips, depending on die size) that's processed with another batch (so 49 wafers of product A and 1 wafer with my test chips).

You never do 50 wafers with a design where you actually don't know if it's working or not. If the chips are borked you'd lose some 100K USD!


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Possibly. That's why you are a troll.

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January 09, 2013, 01:58:57 PM
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So they show up at CES without a single working device. Not even a Jalapeno -> not even one working ASIC chip.

Um, you never produce "one" ASIC chip. If they had one, they would have thousands, and they would have already shipped.


You never do 50 wafers with a design where you actually don't know if it's working or not. If the chips are borked you'd lose some 100K USD!


hihi, you mean BFL possibly not produce a test wafer of it's ASIC design?? right, they did not collect enough money from preorders so they were not able to finance this...  Roll Eyes

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January 09, 2013, 02:19:49 PM
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So they show up at CES without a single working device. Not even a Jalapeno -> not even one working ASIC chip.

Um, you never produce "one" ASIC chip. If they had one, they would have thousands, and they would have already shipped.


You never do 50 wafers with a design where you actually don't know if it's working or not. If the chips are borked you'd lose some 100K USD!


hihi, you mean BFL possibly not produce a test wafer of it's ASIC design?? right, they did not collect enough money from preorders so they were not able to finance this...  Roll Eyes

I'm not going to pull it up, but BFL has confirmed that they didn't do an MPW test run. I would guess it has nothing at all to do with money and is simply that they were confident in the original design and didn't want to wait a half a year for an MPW to finish.
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January 09, 2013, 02:39:14 PM
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General:
Why aren't we seeing some of the "pissed of preorder costumers" filing a case against BFL?
--> I know.... its greed to get a unit before others.

What i can't understand is why someone would order from them in the first place (especially now with al the delays) ....
Secondly i hope that old FPGA customers come to there senses, that sending in their precious units is highly risky ...

To Chips:
If we know the ip core we enable others to hitchhike on the asic train to release real competition Smiley

US consumer complaints https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
Then go to your state Attorney General and File a compliant.

Note: If you do this and say something about expect the BFL kool aid crew to troll you and your ignore button to be the color of mine.

I Called most of this crap months ago, They are now Really close to having to comply with this

From FTC http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products/pro28.shtm
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Will be waiting for a option notices.....
EDIT found this on the site.
Direct from the FAQ on the site which means they are already in breech of the law as of January 1st
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1. What is the BitForce SC?
2. Hey, what the heck? Why'd you come out with this after I just bought a bunch of Singles. I'm going to be left behind!
3. Why should I buy a Mini Rig or Single if the BitForce SC is coming out?
4. When will the BitForce SC be available, and how fast are they?
Our ASIC based products ranging from 4.5 GH/s to 1,500 GH/s are currently scheduled for availability in November, 2012.
5. Can these devices be used for anything else like password cracking?

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January 09, 2013, 02:45:56 PM
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CES interview with Josh from Butterfly Labs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZUPniBo5UQ

Pay attention to the micro expression before saying that "shipping" products, looks down and pauses ...
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January 09, 2013, 02:51:00 PM
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US consumer complaints https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
Then go to your state Attorney General and File a compliant.

Note: If you do this and say something about expect the BFL kool aid crew to troll you and your ignore button to be the color of mine.

I Called most of this crap months ago, They are now Really close to having to comply with this

I personally can't do that cause:
1. I didn't order (yes I'm a troll)
2. I'm not us citizen (German)


Oh sry my English is rusty so I don't (seriously I'm German ....:d) understand what you try to imply with the ignore button?


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January 09, 2013, 02:54:03 PM
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CES interview with Josh from Butterfly Labs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZUPniBo5UQ

Pay attention to the micro expression before saying that "shipping" products, looks down and pauses ...

I had that feeling to ..... Smiley

But he has a hard job..money must be good too.. Couldn't imagine to go to an official Show without anything and all that crappy shady preorder backlog :/
 

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January 09, 2013, 03:37:17 PM
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So they show up at CES without a single working device. Not even a Jalapeno -> not even one working ASIC chip.

Um, you never produce "one" ASIC chip. If they had one, they would have thousands, and they would have already shipped.


You never do 50 wafers with a design where you actually don't know if it's working or not. If the chips are borked you'd lose some 100K USD!


hihi, you mean BFL possibly not produce a test wafer of it's ASIC design??

Where did I say that?

I simply said you don't do a full batch run with an unverified design.

I strongly assume BFL has done a test run. Or two. Or three. The fact that they still can't show a working product, or prototype, is kind of a worry ...

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January 09, 2013, 05:05:02 PM
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This means they never had a working prototype. Never. Not even today. Their power estimates, hashrate, etc. are in no way verified. They don't even know for sure if their chips are working at all. It's all based on simulation.

They claimed to have sent something to the FCC for certification, so that must have been their only working prototype. Or else they lied about the FCC. Who knows?

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January 09, 2013, 05:10:20 PM
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They claimed to have sent something to the FCC for certification
...
Or else they lied about the FCC.
Which is more plausible?

After all, this company does have a reputation to maintain.
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January 09, 2013, 05:16:46 PM
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This means they never had a working prototype. Never. Not even today. Their power estimates, hashrate, etc. are in no way verified. They don't even know for sure if their chips are working at all. It's all based on simulation.

They claimed to have sent something to the FCC for certification, so that must have been their only working prototype. Or else they lied about the FCC. Who knows?

They don't have a prototype. The world would see it at CES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZUPniBo5UQ
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January 09, 2013, 05:21:50 PM
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also known as Nexus7 in a BoxTM
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January 09, 2013, 05:24:06 PM
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They claimed to have sent something to the FCC for certification
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Or else they lied about the FCC.
Which is more plausible?

After all, this company does have a reputation to maintain.

I wonder if they do.  From my topical scanning of things, it seems that BFL found a stockpile of out-of-production FPGAs for their FPGA product line and screwed them together in some manner to get them out the door.  When that source dries up, they would not have very much to maintain.  They were almost perfectly positioned for a 'long con' in the ASIC scam-space, and my suspicion that that is what they did grows by the day.


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January 09, 2013, 05:25:39 PM
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They claimed to have sent something to the FCC for certification
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Or else they lied about the FCC.
Which is more plausible?

After all, this company does have a reputation to maintain.

I wonder if they do.  From my topical scanning of things, it seems that BFL found a stockpile of out-of-production FPGAs for their FPGA product line and screwed them together in some manner to get them out the door.  When that source dries up, they would not have very much to maintain.  They were almost perfectly positioned for a 'long con' in the ASIC scam-space, and my suspicion that that is what they did grows by the day.


Willing to bet on it?
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January 09, 2013, 05:33:18 PM
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Or else they lied about the FCC. Who knows?

they lied?

oh no, that never happens.

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January 09, 2013, 05:37:26 PM
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They claimed to have sent something to the FCC for certification
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Or else they lied about the FCC.
Which is more plausible?

After all, this company does have a reputation to maintain.

I wonder if they do.  From my topical scanning of things, it seems that BFL found a stockpile of out-of-production FPGAs for their FPGA product line and screwed them together in some manner to get them out the door.  When that source dries up, they would not have very much to maintain.  They were almost perfectly positioned for a 'long con' in the ASIC scam-space, and my suspicion that that is what they did grows by the day.


Willing to bet on it?

I had been at one point, but the guy tried to turn things around so that rather than betting about whether BFL had been lying in order to suck in pre-order funds, he wanted to make it about some power consumption issue under some theory that that would prove that BFL has been diligently at work setting milestones in chip design.  Thread starts here if you are interested:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134952.msg1439161#msg1439161

At this point I consider it to much of a hassle to dick around with bets like this.  But go ahead and throw out your terms if you are so inclined.


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