[ANN] First 500Gh/s BFL unit up and running!

[Syke]

Each 500Gh/s unit should be around 2,300 to 2,400 watts. We are going to take some measurements after we get some food.

That is amazing.  BFL came through.  500 Gh/s!!!  Can be run from a double pole 15A circuit.  Very nice.

"Came through"?! It was supposed to be 1500 GH/s @ 1500 watts in October '12. Now it's 500 GH/s at 2400 watts in June '13. They didn't "come through". They blew it.

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[phazedoubt]

Did they ship all three of the rigs that we see in the picture at one time?  i have 3 FPGA's that i am waiting for my trade in singles to replace.  i am slightly jealous right now!

[Transisto]

500 GH/s? I will be seriously impressed with BFL if/when they are actually able to start shipping these bastards.

Anyone selling in hand units? I'll pay 10% over your pre-order price.   

That'll be ~3000btc + 10% = 3300BTC.

At this price I'll even give you the 768 coupon code that came with it.

[miter_myles]

500 GH/s? I will be seriously impressed with BFL if/when they are actually able to start shipping these bastards.

Anyone selling in hand units? I'll pay 10% over your pre-order price.  

That'll be ~3000btc + 10% = 3300BTC.

At this price I'll even give you the 768 coupon code that came with it.

[crazyates]

"Came through"?! It was supposed to be 1500 GH/s @ 1500 watts in October '12. Now it's 500 GH/s at 2400 watts in June '13. They didn't "come through". They blew it.

A) They will be compensating customers with 3x the number of units, so you will be getting the same hashrate as what you paid for.

B) Lets see you do any better.

[matt_boyd]

I will buy shares in this, 10 for 1 BTC

[AnonBitcoinBuyer]

Way late and way over power budget, but looks legit.

[minternj]

Way late and way over power budget, but looks legit.

Says the guy without 500GH hashing. I would love to have this now, even late and over power budget.

[Cablez]

Ahhh so that's why you were there when Lab_Rat made his walk through.  Makes perfect sense now.

[PuertoLibre]

What kind of cooling are you using for this room?

12 tons of high powered dc hvac.

How much power does each unit actually take?

Each 500Gh/s unit should be around 2,300 to 2,400 watts. We are going to take some measurements after we get some food.

That is amazing.  BFL came through.  500 Gh/s!!!  Can be run from a double pole 15A circuit.  Very nice.

We don't know that yet. We have to wait till they get a bite and get back to us on the power being consumed.

@ GigaVPS

Keep us posted.

[PuertoLibre]

Each 500Gh/s unit should be around 2,300 to 2,400 watts. We are going to take some measurements after we get some food.

That is amazing.  BFL came through.  500 Gh/s!!!  Can be run from a double pole 15A circuit.  Very nice.

"Came through"?! It was supposed to be 1500 GH/s @ 1500 watts in October '12. Now it's 500 GH/s at 2400 watts in June '13. They didn't "come through". They blew it.

I am working on releasing an estimate of how much the BFL owners lost before they actually got their shipments.

So far I have only done some rough number with what a Jally should have made from January 1st, of 2013.

The Jally should have produced roughly 107 BTC from January until now. But should only produce about 7 to 13 BTC for the rest of it's [useful] life. I based it on halving my own ASIC and estimating what it would have produced back in January 2013.

I do not know how much (for certain) an ASIC was making back in January (or even October 2012 before the block halving). But if correct, BFL hardware (actually any ASIC hardware) has lost about 80 to 90% of it's generating value over the last year.

Which means you will only get about 10 to 15% of the value of your hardware before it starts spitting out fractions so small that the fee to make the transfer is probably bigger. My numbers may be off, so that is why I haven't yet released that rough estimation. But they should be in the neighborhood.

[donut]

You do realize that your estimate is incorrect? If BFL started shipping in January, we'd have the difficulty we have today by January 15th.

[PuertoLibre]

You do realize that your estimate is incorrect? If BFL started shipping in January, we'd have the difficulty we have today by January 15th.

I didn't make a quote based on BFL having shipped everything. I only made it based on the curve we had up until now. Then on to what the curve will likely look like in the future.

You are correct in that if BFL had shipped everything then the difficulty would have shot through the roof and probably by march the ASICs would not have produced anywhere near on track to 107 BTC. If that was your point then yes, in that you are spot on.

Which if you look carefully at your own statement it is a self defeating means to profit.

Exclusivity or scaling is the only way to remain profitable. (unless you actually think BTC will reach 1000 USD and great inflows of dollars flow through the system)

P.S. In which case, just buy and hold BTC rather than buy ASICs. It makes much more sense.

[Bitcoinorama]

Monster...!

[Morblias]

Looks like a lot of hardware errors, http://kcmo2.gigamining.com/?ref=60&rig=2

Is it overheating?

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It's been up and down numerous times as I've been chipping away at the code to make it work at its theoretical maximum 480GH.

It's mostly working now. Here's what I've got:

Code:

 cgminer version 3.2.2 - Started: [2013-06-19 02:17:06]
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 (5s):477.6G (avg):472.1Gh/s | A:16  R:0  HW:193  U:10.8/m  WU:6575.3/m
 ST: 2  SS: 0  NB: 2  LW: 11012  GF: 0  RF: 0
 Connected to XXX diff 500
 Block: 00179d4404ca1359...  Diff:19.3M  Started: [02:18:28]  Best share: 9.56K
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 BAS 0:  max 68C 3.28V | 56.23G/58.22Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:18 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 1:  max 69C 3.27V | 58.92G/60.48Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:23 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 2:  max 74C 3.27V | 60.53G/59.85Gh/s | A:4 R:0 HW:19 U: 2.69/m
 BAS 3:  max 80C 3.28V | 62.52G/61.58Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:20 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 4:  max 86C 3.27V | 74.56G/59.90Gh/s | A:4 R:0 HW:39 U: 2.69/m
 BAS 5:  max 71C 3.28V | 64.25G/58.79Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:25 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 6:  max 81C 3.27V | 59.93G/58.98Gh/s | A:2 R:0 HW:25 U: 1.34/m
 BAS 7:  max 72C 3.27V | 43.22G/60.81Gh/s | A:2 R:0 HW:25 U: 1.34/m
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Note the hardware error count may appear very high, but bear in mind that it's mining at diff 500

[jcpham]

seriously giga, you need to lay off. I think you may be addicted or something.

[freedomno1]

observing

[jbreher]

Excellentamundo. Here's to hoping BFL delivers quickly on the remaining Teramining orders, then loses the formula

[PuertoLibre]

It's been up and down numerous times as I've been chipping away at the code to make it work at its theoretical maximum 480GH.

It's mostly working now. Here's what I've got:

Code:

 cgminer version 3.2.2 - Started: [2013-06-19 02:17:06]
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 (5s):477.6G (avg):472.1Gh/s | A:16  R:0  HW:193  U:10.8/m  WU:6575.3/m
 ST: 2  SS: 0  NB: 2  LW: 11012  GF: 0  RF: 0
 Connected to XXX diff 500
 Block: 00179d4404ca1359...  Diff:19.3M  Started: [02:18:28]  Best share: 9.56K
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 [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 BAS 0:  max 68C 3.28V | 56.23G/58.22Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:18 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 1:  max 69C 3.27V | 58.92G/60.48Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:23 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 2:  max 74C 3.27V | 60.53G/59.85Gh/s | A:4 R:0 HW:19 U: 2.69/m
 BAS 3:  max 80C 3.28V | 62.52G/61.58Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:20 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 4:  max 86C 3.27V | 74.56G/59.90Gh/s | A:4 R:0 HW:39 U: 2.69/m
 BAS 5:  max 71C 3.28V | 64.25G/58.79Gh/s | A:1 R:0 HW:25 U: 0.67/m
 BAS 6:  max 81C 3.27V | 59.93G/58.98Gh/s | A:2 R:0 HW:25 U: 1.34/m
 BAS 7:  max 72C 3.27V | 43.22G/60.81Gh/s | A:2 R:0 HW:25 U: 1.34/m
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Note the hardware error count may appear very high, but bear in mind that it's mining at diff 500

Why 480 and not 500?