Is this a Bitcoin mining rig?

[rpgman1]

I stumbled across an article on Bitcoin today, clicked on the link to the article, and clicked on another link to a BTC mining rig being sold in China. Is this suppose to be a FPGA or ASIC? Looking at the pics, it does seem to mine BTC.

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[tbcoin]

Says third generation, then FPGA

[Isokivi]

Fpga, most likeley four spartans per board and two boards stacked asfar as I can tell.

[ionux]

Yep, according to Google Translate, it's an FPGA. 

[crazyearner]

Already spoke to them they are FPGA that are 1 to 2GH depending on how configured and wil lcost you $1,999 as spoke to their support.

[rpgman1]

Thanks. With BTC prices lower, I thought FPGA and ASIC would drop. Guess that didn't happen. Still people are looking around for powerful BTC mining rigs and ASICs are still scarce.

[Luckybit]

If we buy that how long before it's obsolete?

[goxed]

Looks like these spartan 6 hash at 350 MH/s, looks like the HDL code is somehow optimized.

[ionux]

If we buy that how long before it's obsolete?

It will never be obsolete per se.  FPGA's can be reconfigured to work on other jobs, so they could be resold or repurposed.