KNCMINER - 6GH/s FPGA and 250GH/s ASIC

[jayeeyee]

Just got an e-mail update from KNCMINER on their product releases.  Not going to get too into the details but thought I should post the specifics on what I have available to me.

KnCMiner product information
 
After launching our website just a few weeks ago we have had an overwhelming response. This has been highly valuable in many ways and we encourage you to continue to give us as much feedback as you already have been doing.

Today we are presenting more technical information about our products and services, which we will be offering from now until the start of the autumn. One of the key issues that has come out of the last few days is the issue of trust. We are fully aware that trust must be earned and this is why we are providing you with as much information as we can. Allowing you to make an informed decision about any future purchases.

We are announcing two devices today, Mars and Jupiter. We understand that the Mars product is not ground breaking but we are launching it to show our work so it can be publicly validated by as many people as possible. Our new Jupiter product is groundbreaking and we are sure you will soon agree contains some impressive specifications. The main focus of the information we have available today will be around the following:

Our first mining product which is a 6 GH/s device called Mars
Our second mining product hashing at a minimum of 250 GH/s called Jupiter.
 

Mars
 
This device will be the first mass produced product and is available for purchase in the next few days. The key details around this device are as follows:

Over 6GH/s
48x IC CYCLONE IV FPGA 115K on board chips  See the sites below for more details on the chips we will be using in our Mars product.
30% Improvement in hashing rate over standard Implementation
Fan cooled with 48 heat sync’s and fans plus two case fans producing a cooling tunnel across the chips
Modular design (we will carry this design throughout all of our products)
USB attachment (software will be provided)
Shipment begins on mass in just over 2 months.
Earn coins while you are waiting in the queue for Jupiter
External ATX power will be required (we will provide a recommended list)
Upgrade protection built in to any Mars purchase with vouchers for up to $2000 off of any Jupiter purchase.
Last but not least, any purchase of the Mars product automatically reserves you the same place in the order queue for the Jupiter product. The queue reservation will last 30 days.
For more information about the chips used you can use the following links
http://www.buyaltera.com/scripts/partsearch.dll?Detail&name=544-1468-ND
http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?x=18&y=12&lang=en&site=us&KeyWords=EP4CE115F23C8N
 

Jupiter
 
This device is being designed in parallel by the OrSoC engineers. It will offer industry leading performance and power consumption per GH. The final specifications for this device are being ironed out now but we can confirm the following:

Minimum 250GH/s per device
7000-8000 USD predicted price
48 Chips (which are being designed exclusively for KnCMiner by ORSoC).
An additional gain of 30% more hashing when the advanced algorithms provided by ORSoC are applied.
Water cooled setup.
Modular Design allowing for expansion at a later date.
Embedded Linux device to allow for standalone mining.
Shipment begins in early autumn.
 

Previously registered customers
 
The customers who have previously registered interest in our products will be given the opportunity to complete their orders for either Mars or Jupiter. The preregistered customers will keep their queue position for the new products.

More info will follow in next few days.

In the coming weeks
 
We will continue to publish updates about our product range and progress reports on a weekly basis. We will also have more information about the following services.

Hosting setups.
Hashing rental possibilities.
Split purchase agreements allowing competitive entry to mining at a much lower price.

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[Rampion]

I registered to their miling list but I did not receive that - WTF?

[GiLa]

Same here
luckily I do lurk

[Kartoff]

Got same mail today 

Hope everything to be as described

[1krona]

Okey, lets say that they ship the ASIC miner in early autumn, what difficult could we expect by that time?
What will the difficult increase be after all the BFLs and Avalons have shipped?

[Dalkore]

Okey, lets say that they ship the ASIC miner in early autumn, what difficult could we expect by that time?
What will the difficult increase be after all the BFLs and Avalons have shipped?

Difficulty will be much higher and we still have no proof that this is nothing more than vaporware.  I contacted them the day of the announcement and they assured we they would take no pre-order money before showing definitive proof of this product.

[gigabytecoin]

Isn't their first Mars miner technically an FPGA?

And why does their 250GH/s miner need to be water cooled? I thought ASIC chips were cool to begin with?

[Rampion]

Isn't their first Mars miner technically an FPGA?

And why does their 250GH/s miner need to be water cooled? I thought ASIC chips were cool to begin with?

Well, define "cool". Just check the thermal images of the Avalon: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Avalon

Water cooling is always nice.

[1krona]

Isn't their first Mars miner technically an FPGA?

And why does their 250GH/s miner need to be water cooled? I thought ASIC chips were cool to begin with?

Well, read the title. Its loud and clear that their first will be a FPGA

I kinda like the water cooling also. I dont think that that they are "cool" to begin with, maybe in comparence to GPU´s and CPU´s.
This company KNC seems really good so far actually, they haven't taken any preorder money or given any false hopes so far.

[Hiroaki]

You state, that your "MARS unit":"is available for purchase in the next few days."
BUT, shipment begins on mass in just over 2 months...(not speaking about JUPITER)

How comes this scheme seems  so familar

Anyway would be great to see another player...Good luck!


How sure you are, that you can keep your shipping dates ? A great statement would be to schedule a shipping date and for every day you're too late donate 1 BTC to the bitcoin foundation.

[Henchman24]

An additional gain of 30% more hashing when the advanced algorithms provided by ORSoC are applied.

**NOW WITH 30% MORE HASHING!!1!one!

[filharvey]

Well assuming the Difficulty is at 20m by time the deliever the large Jupiter, at is still making about ~$950 a day. At 30m, it drops to ~$650 a day. Still not too bad for a $7k investment.

[Hiroaki]

kinda like the water cooling also. I dont think that that they are "cool" to begin with, maybe in comparence to GPU´s and CPU´s.
This company KNC seems really good so far actually, they haven't taken any preorder money or given any false hopes so far.

We really need another serious ASIC player...but how could they dissapoint so far...?
Now, it is up to them to show us that they will do it better...time will show...

[Rampion]

Well assuming the Difficulty is at 20m by time the deliever the large Jupiter, at is still making about ~$950 a day. At 30m, it drops to ~$650 a day. Still not too bad for a $7k investment.

No way difficulty will be 20m when Jupiter hits the market. Difficulty will be 20m when Avalon batch #2 hits the market -> and that will be quite a few months before you will even see a Jupiter prototype (if you see one at all)

[glendall]

I hope these guys are for real and I wish them luck. We need more ASIC makers in the market.

[John Self]

If they shipped 500 of those asics that would add 125th to the network, which would probably increase the difficulty even more, god knows where it will go.

[kingcoin]

What kind of ASIC is it?

Is it an Altera HardCopy made from the Cyclone design?

Or is it an eASIC FPGA?

Or is it a structured ASIC from a different vendor?

Or is at a MOSIS fabbed design?

Or is it a plain ASIC, if so what technology is it and which vendor is it?

[John Self]

What kind of ASIC is it?

Is it an Altera HardCopy made from the Cyclone design?

Or is it an eASIC FPGA?

Or is it a structured ASIC from a different vendor?

Or is at a MOSIS fabbed design?

Or is it a plain ASIC, if so what technology is it and which vendor is it?

You could try googling orsoc and mailing them.

[John Self]

Well assuming the Difficulty is at 20m by time the deliever the large Jupiter, at is still making about ~$950 a day. At 30m, it drops to ~$650 a day. Still not too bad for a $7k investment.

Will be approaching 100 mil this autumn. That would be your starting point if they ship with perfect timing.

[dan99]

NOOB WARNING: DO NOT SEND ANY PRE-ORDER MONEY UNTIL KNCMINER HAVE PROVED THEY HAVE A WORKING ASIC MINER

Why don't they let us have the Mars for $795? Why need our upfront money to finance your 250gh/s project, just don't make sense.

I hope the noob think twice before making any decision. If Butterfy 5gh/s sell at $274, you should be able to match that price. Seems

like some of the members here are really supporting their country man. Put it this way, sell your 6gh/s now at $275 and when the time come I

will pay $7k for the Jupiter !!


Butterfly only :

5 GH/s Bitcoin Miner
$274.00


25 GH/s Bitcoin Miner
$1,249.00


50 GH/s Bitcoin Miner
$2,499.00

[Dexter770221]

6000/48 = 125 MH/s from 115K Cyclone. That's poor result and bad choice. 150K Spartans are getting twice as that.

[premo]

what is an external atx power supply ?and how much are they going for ?

[FlappySocks]

what is an external atx power supply ?and how much are they going for ?

It is a PSU commonly found in desktop PCs. Standard ones are not expansive, or just use one from an old PC.

[rograz]

6000/48 = 125 MH/s from 115K Cyclone. That's poor result and bad choice. 150K Spartans are getting twice as that.

Depends on at what price you get hold of them.

[E3V3A]

Come on guys, you seem to start falling for this astrology scam! In the end you'll have to look in the stars for your miners! The specs for the Mars is simply ridiculous and the Jupiter specs are essentially useless.

SCAM!!

(Now I feel better!)

[Magnate]

How much is a Mars?
They are giving you a $2000USD trade in on a Jupiter so I'm guessing it isn't around the $275 for a jalapeno.

Still $7000 for a Jupiter *when they start shipping* is a good deal. However when they start shipping will the price go up like avalon and BFL?

Do they have test boards for the Mars? Photos? Videos? Publicly known test account

Do they know the specs of their chips??

[dan99]

Avalon DIY only costs $154 for the chips plus another $50 for the parts to make it in total $200 for 6.2gh/s versus 6.0gh/s for $2,795? a $2,595 different?

Avalon listen to the members here that is why there are so successful. Maybe their mentality is different. They are OUT of the game. We wasted our quality time on them. Keep changing their specs from the previous model is not good. Clearly means they cannot come out with a ASIC Product on time.

Before the changes $2,955 for 50gh/s to Mars $2,795 for 6gh/s??

NO one will used FPGA unless it can match ASIC pricing. FPGA is dead because it is very expensive.

[premo]

Avalon DIY only costs $154 for the chips plus another $50 for the parts to make it in total $200 for 6.2gh/s versus 6.0gh/s for $2,795? a $2,595 different?

Avalon listen to the members here that is why there are so successful. Maybe their mentality is different. They are OUT of the game. We wasted our quality time on them. Keep changing their specs from the previous model is not good. Clearly means they cannot come out with a ASIC Product on time.

Before the changes $2,955 for 50gh/s to Mars $2,795 for 6gh/s??

NO one will used FPGA unless it can match ASIC pricing. FPGA is dead because it is very expensive.

on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being most) how difficult would it be to diy asic with avalon chips?

[mgio]

Well assuming the Difficulty is at 20m by time the deliever the large Jupiter, at is still making about ~$950 a day. At 30m, it drops to ~$650 a day. Still not too bad for a $7k investment.

Not 20 million, try 200 million or more.

[QuantumQrack]

How are you getting 200 million?  Can you post your math please?